1 Corinthians 10:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπρόσκοποι γίνεσθε, καὶ Ἰουδαίοις, καὶ Ἕλλησιν, καὶ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ:

Transliteration

Aproskopoi ginesthe, both to Ioudaiois, and to Hellēsin, and to the ekklēsia of the Theou

Grammar Details

*Aproskopoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - not causing offense
*ginesthe*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - become/be
*Ioudaiois*: dative, masculine, plural - Jews
*Hellēsin*: dative, masculine, plural - Greeks
*ekklēsia*: dative, feminine, singular - church/assembly
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

*Aproskopoi*: not causing offense/giving no offense/blameless
*ginesthe*: become/be/prove to be
*Ioudaiois*: Jews/Jewish people
*Hellēsin*: Greeks/Gentiles
*ekklēsia*: church/assembly/congregation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed {G3767} unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat {G3756} no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.
2 Cor 6:3 : 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
1 Tim 3:5 : 5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
Phil 1:10 : 10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;
1 Cor 10:33 : 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved.
Acts 24:16 : 16 {G1161} {G1722} Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

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19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
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