Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Punishment of tempting others to the sin of
But that person who causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and dumped into a deep ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a heavy circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle].
Verse Concepts
Pit » Figurative
Straying » Those that cause others to go astray
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Enticers
[Although] their talk is big, what they say is worthless, and by [offering people] fleshly desires [i.e., sexual gratification], they lead people astray, who are barely escaping from the error of the world.
Verse Concepts