Mark 9:42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe and trust in Me to stumble [that is, to sin or lose faith], it would be better for him if a heavy mi...

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Amplified Bible - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe and trust in Me to stumble [that is, to sin or lose faith], it would be better for him if a heavy millstone [one requiring a donkey’s strength to turn it] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
新标点和合本 - “凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “凡使这些信我的小子中的一个跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “凡使这些信我的小子中的一个跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
当代译本 - “不论谁使这样一个小信徒失足犯罪，他的下场比把大磨石拴在他脖子上扔到海里还要惨。
圣经新译本 - “如果有人使一个信我的小弟兄犯罪，倒不如在他的颈项上拴一块大磨石投在海里。
中文标准译本 - “无论谁使信我的这些卑微人中的一个绊倒，对那人来说，脖子上拴着大磨石，被丢进海里反而更好。
现代标点和合本 - 凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本（拼音版） - “凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
New International Version - “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
New International Reader's Version - “What if someone leads one of these little ones who believe in me to sin? If they do, it would be better if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
English Standard Version - “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
New Living Translation - “But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck.
The Message - “On the other hand, if you give one of these simple, childlike believers a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck.
Christian Standard Bible - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away — it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
New American Standard Bible - “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
New King James Version - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.
American Standard Version - And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
King James Version - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
New English Translation - “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
World English Bible - Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
新標點和合本 - 「凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「凡使這些信我的小子中的一個跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「凡使這些信我的小子中的一個跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
當代譯本 - 「不論誰使這樣一個小信徒失足犯罪，他的下場比把大磨石拴在他脖子上扔到海裡還要慘。
聖經新譯本 - “如果有人使一個信我的小弟兄犯罪，倒不如在他的頸項上拴一塊大磨石投在海裡。
呂振中譯本 - 『凡使這些信的人的微小者之一絆跌的，假使一塊驢牽的磨石掛在他的脖子上，丟在海裏，這對於他倒好呢。
中文標準譯本 - 「無論誰使信我的這些卑微人中的一個絆倒，對那人來說，脖子上拴著大磨石，被丟進海裡反而更好。
現代標點和合本 - 凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裡。
文理和合譯本 - 陷信我小子之一者、寧以巨磨懸其頸、投於海、
文理委辦譯本 - 凡陷信我之小子於罪者、寧以磨石懸其頸、投於海之為美也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 凡使此信我之一小子、陷於罪者、寧以磨石懸其頸而投於海、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 如有使信我之小子、失足而陷罪者、毋寧以磨石繫頸、而被投諸海乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero, si alguien hace pecar a uno de estos pequeños que creen en mí, más le valdría que le ataran al cuello una piedra de molino y lo arrojaran al mar.
현대인의 성경 - “또 누구든지 나를 믿는 이런 어린 아이 하나를 죄 짓게 하는 사람은 차라리 목에 큰 맷돌짝을 달고 바다에 빠져 죽는 것이 더 낫다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Если же кто введет в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жернов и бросили в море. ( Мат. 18:8-9 ; Лк. 17:1-2 )
Восточный перевод - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si quelqu’un devait causer la chute de l’un de ces petits qui croient en moi, il vaudrait bien mieux pour lui qu’on lui attache au cou une de ces pierres de meule que font tourner les ânes et qu’on le jette dans le lac.
リビングバイブル - だが反対に、私を信じるこのような小さい者の一人にでも信仰を失わせる者は、大きな石を首にくくりつけられて、海に投げ込まれたほうがましです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ ὃς ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων [εἰς ἐμέ], καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ βέβληται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ὃς ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμέ, καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ βέβληται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se alguém fizer tropeçar um destes pequeninos que creem em mim, seria melhor que fosse lançado no mar com uma grande pedra amarrada no pescoço.
Hoffnung für alle - »Wer einen dieser kleinen, unbedeutenden Menschen, die mir vertrauen, zu Fall bringt, für den wäre es noch das Beste, mit einem Mühlstein um den Hals ins Meer geworfen zu werden.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng nếu ai phá hoại đức tin của một em bé đã theo Ta, thì thà buộc cối đá vào cổ người ấy ném xuống biển còn hơn!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “และหากผู้ใดเป็นเหตุให้ผู้เล็กน้อยเหล่านี้ที่เชื่อในเราสักคนหนึ่งทำบาป ให้เอาหินโม่ผูกคอผู้นั้นแล้วโยนเขาลงทะเลก็ยังจะดีกว่า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่หากเขาเป็นต้นเหตุให้คนหนึ่งในบรรดาเด็กเล็กๆ เหล่านี้ที่มีความเชื่อในเราพลั้งพลาดไป ให้ถ่วงคอเขาด้วยหินโม่แป้งก้อนใหญ่ และโยนลงทะเลจะดีกว่า

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Revelation 16:6 - for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”
Revelation 16:7 - And I heard [another from] the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], Your judgments are true and fair and righteous.”
Philippians 1:10 - so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin];
Revelation 6:9 - When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].
Revelation 6:10 - They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Corinthians 6:3 - we put no obstruction in anyone’s path, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
Romans 15:21 - but [instead I would act on this goal] as it is written [in Scripture], “They who had no news of Him shall see, And they who have not heard [of Him] shall understand.”
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
Matthew 25:45 - Then He will reply to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these [my followers], you did not do it for Me.’
Matthew 25:46 - Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”
Acts 26:11 - And I often punished them [making them suffer] in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme; and in my extreme rage at them, I kept hunting them even to foreign cities [harassing and persecuting them].
Acts 26:12 - “While so engaged, as I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission and full power of the chief priests,
Acts 26:13 - at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining all around me and those who were traveling with me.
Acts 26:14 - And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the goads [offering pointless resistance].’
1 Corinthians 10:32 - Do not offend Jews or Greeks or even the church of God [but live to honor Him];
1 Corinthians 10:33 - just as I please everyone in all things [as much as possible adapting myself to the interests of others], not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, so that they [will be open to the message of salvation and] may be saved.
1 Timothy 5:14 - So I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and not give opponents of the faith any occasion for slander.
Romans 14:13 - Then let us not criticize one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block or a source of temptation in another believer’s way.
Acts 9:4 - and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?”
1 Corinthians 8:10 - For if someone sees you, a person having knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?
1 Corinthians 8:11 - For through your knowledge (spiritual maturity) this weak man is ruined [that is, he suffers in his spiritual life], the brother for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 8:12 - And when you sin against the brothers and sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience [by confusing them], you sin against Christ.
1 Corinthians 8:13 - Therefore, if [my eating a certain] food causes my brother to stumble (sin), I will not eat [such] meat ever again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
Romans 16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.
Matthew 18:10 - “See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Luke 17:1 - Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks [temptations and traps set to lure one to sin] are sure to come, but woe (judgment is coming) to him through whom they come!
Luke 17:2 - It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].
Matthew 18:6 - but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

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交叉引用

Amplified Bible - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe and trust in Me to stumble [that is, to sin or lose faith], it would be better for him if a heavy millstone [one requiring a donkey’s strength to turn it] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
新标点和合本 - “凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “凡使这些信我的小子中的一个跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “凡使这些信我的小子中的一个跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
当代译本 - “不论谁使这样一个小信徒失足犯罪，他的下场比把大磨石拴在他脖子上扔到海里还要惨。
圣经新译本 - “如果有人使一个信我的小弟兄犯罪，倒不如在他的颈项上拴一块大磨石投在海里。
中文标准译本 - “无论谁使信我的这些卑微人中的一个绊倒，对那人来说，脖子上拴着大磨石，被丢进海里反而更好。
现代标点和合本 - 凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
和合本（拼音版） - “凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。
New International Version - “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
New International Reader's Version - “What if someone leads one of these little ones who believe in me to sin? If they do, it would be better if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
English Standard Version - “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
New Living Translation - “But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck.
The Message - “On the other hand, if you give one of these simple, childlike believers a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck.
Christian Standard Bible - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away — it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
New American Standard Bible - “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
New King James Version - “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.
American Standard Version - And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
King James Version - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
New English Translation - “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
World English Bible - Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
新標點和合本 - 「凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「凡使這些信我的小子中的一個跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「凡使這些信我的小子中的一個跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裏。
當代譯本 - 「不論誰使這樣一個小信徒失足犯罪，他的下場比把大磨石拴在他脖子上扔到海裡還要慘。
聖經新譯本 - “如果有人使一個信我的小弟兄犯罪，倒不如在他的頸項上拴一塊大磨石投在海裡。
呂振中譯本 - 『凡使這些信的人的微小者之一絆跌的，假使一塊驢牽的磨石掛在他的脖子上，丟在海裏，這對於他倒好呢。
中文標準譯本 - 「無論誰使信我的這些卑微人中的一個絆倒，對那人來說，脖子上拴著大磨石，被丟進海裡反而更好。
現代標點和合本 - 凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裡。
文理和合譯本 - 陷信我小子之一者、寧以巨磨懸其頸、投於海、
文理委辦譯本 - 凡陷信我之小子於罪者、寧以磨石懸其頸、投於海之為美也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 凡使此信我之一小子、陷於罪者、寧以磨石懸其頸而投於海、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 如有使信我之小子、失足而陷罪者、毋寧以磨石繫頸、而被投諸海乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero, si alguien hace pecar a uno de estos pequeños que creen en mí, más le valdría que le ataran al cuello una piedra de molino y lo arrojaran al mar.
현대인의 성경 - “또 누구든지 나를 믿는 이런 어린 아이 하나를 죄 짓게 하는 사람은 차라리 목에 큰 맷돌짝을 달고 바다에 빠져 죽는 것이 더 낫다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Если же кто введет в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жернов и бросили в море. ( Мат. 18:8-9 ; Лк. 17:1-2 )
Восточный перевод - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если же кто введёт в грех одного из этих малых, верующих в Меня, то для него было бы лучше, если бы ему надели на шею мельничный жёрнов и бросили в море.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si quelqu’un devait causer la chute de l’un de ces petits qui croient en moi, il vaudrait bien mieux pour lui qu’on lui attache au cou une de ces pierres de meule que font tourner les ânes et qu’on le jette dans le lac.
リビングバイブル - だが反対に、私を信じるこのような小さい者の一人にでも信仰を失わせる者は、大きな石を首にくくりつけられて、海に投げ込まれたほうがましです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ ὃς ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων [εἰς ἐμέ], καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ βέβληται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ὃς ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμέ, καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ βέβληται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se alguém fizer tropeçar um destes pequeninos que creem em mim, seria melhor que fosse lançado no mar com uma grande pedra amarrada no pescoço.
Hoffnung für alle - »Wer einen dieser kleinen, unbedeutenden Menschen, die mir vertrauen, zu Fall bringt, für den wäre es noch das Beste, mit einem Mühlstein um den Hals ins Meer geworfen zu werden.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng nếu ai phá hoại đức tin của một em bé đã theo Ta, thì thà buộc cối đá vào cổ người ấy ném xuống biển còn hơn!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “และหากผู้ใดเป็นเหตุให้ผู้เล็กน้อยเหล่านี้ที่เชื่อในเราสักคนหนึ่งทำบาป ให้เอาหินโม่ผูกคอผู้นั้นแล้วโยนเขาลงทะเลก็ยังจะดีกว่า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่หากเขาเป็นต้นเหตุให้คนหนึ่งในบรรดาเด็กเล็กๆ เหล่านี้ที่มีความเชื่อในเราพลั้งพลาดไป ให้ถ่วงคอเขาด้วยหินโม่แป้งก้อนใหญ่ และโยนลงทะเลจะดีกว่า

Revelation 16:6 - for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”
Revelation 16:7 - And I heard [another from] the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], Your judgments are true and fair and righteous.”
Philippians 1:10 - so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin];
Revelation 6:9 - When He (the Lamb) broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained [out of loyalty to Christ].
Revelation 6:10 - They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Corinthians 6:3 - we put no obstruction in anyone’s path, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
Romans 15:21 - but [instead I would act on this goal] as it is written [in Scripture], “They who had no news of Him shall see, And they who have not heard [of Him] shall understand.”
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
Matthew 25:45 - Then He will reply to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these [my followers], you did not do it for Me.’
Matthew 25:46 - Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”
Acts 26:11 - And I often punished them [making them suffer] in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme; and in my extreme rage at them, I kept hunting them even to foreign cities [harassing and persecuting them].
Acts 26:12 - “While so engaged, as I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission and full power of the chief priests,
Acts 26:13 - at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining all around me and those who were traveling with me.
Acts 26:14 - And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the goads [offering pointless resistance].’
1 Corinthians 10:32 - Do not offend Jews or Greeks or even the church of God [but live to honor Him];
1 Corinthians 10:33 - just as I please everyone in all things [as much as possible adapting myself to the interests of others], not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, so that they [will be open to the message of salvation and] may be saved.
1 Timothy 5:14 - So I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and not give opponents of the faith any occasion for slander.
Romans 14:13 - Then let us not criticize one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block or a source of temptation in another believer’s way.
Acts 9:4 - and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?”
1 Corinthians 8:10 - For if someone sees you, a person having knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?
1 Corinthians 8:11 - For through your knowledge (spiritual maturity) this weak man is ruined [that is, he suffers in his spiritual life], the brother for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 8:12 - And when you sin against the brothers and sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience [by confusing them], you sin against Christ.
1 Corinthians 8:13 - Therefore, if [my eating a certain] food causes my brother to stumble (sin), I will not eat [such] meat ever again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
Romans 16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.
Matthew 18:10 - “See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Luke 17:1 - Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks [temptations and traps set to lure one to sin] are sure to come, but woe (judgment is coming) to him through whom they come!
Luke 17:2 - It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].
Matthew 18:6 - but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.