2 Corinthians 6:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.
  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
  • Matt 17:27 : 27 Neuerthelesse, lest we should offend them: goe to the sea, and cast in an angle, and take the first fish that commeth vp, and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt finde a piece of twentie pence: that take, and giue it vnto them for me and thee.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones which beleeue in me, it were better for him, that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
  • 1 Cor 10:23-24 : 23 All things are lawfull for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not. 24 Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-33 : 32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God: 33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 2 Cor 8:20 : 20 Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But take heede lest by any meanes this power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles? 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weake brother perish, for whome Christ died. 12 Nowe when ye sinne so against the brethren, and wound their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christ. 13 Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.

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  • 1 Cor 10:31-33
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    31Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.

    32Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:

    33Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,

    21Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.

  • 1 Thess 2:3-6
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    3For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.

    4But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

    5Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.

    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

  • Titus 2:7-10
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    7In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

    8And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

    9Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,

    10Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 2 Cor 4:1-2
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    1Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:

    2But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

  • Titus 3:2
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    2That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

    7With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

    9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2Receiue vs: we haue done wrong to no man: we haue corrupted no man: we haue defrauded no man.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15That ye may be blamelesse, & pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world,

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • Matt 11:6
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    6And blessed is he that shal not be offeded in me.

  • John 16:1
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    1These thinges haue I saide vnto you, that ye should not be offended.

  • 1 Tim 6:14
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    14That thou keepe this commaundement without spot, and vnrebukeable, vntill the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ,

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

  • Titus 1:7
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    7For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill, not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates.

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    19Againe, thinke yee that wee excuse our selues vnto you? we speake before God in Christ. But wee doe all thinges, dearely beloued, for your edifying.

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    2For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

    21It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

  • 2 Cor 6:8
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    8By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:

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    16And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God, and toward men.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?