1 Corinthians 10:32

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Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
  • 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

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    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

  • 33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • Rom 14:19-21
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    75%

    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

  • 16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

  • 13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

  • 1“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

  • 13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

  • 1 Cor 8:8-9
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    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

    9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

  • 20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 19“Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

  • Rom 2:10-11
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    10but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • 12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

  • 2They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

  • 27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

  • 2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

  • 6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

  • 10In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

  • 16This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

  • 10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

  • 16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

  • 5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • 10Divisions in the Church I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

  • 22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

  • Heb 12:14-15
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    14Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

    15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.

  • 10So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

  • 13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 29so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • 29that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

  • 10not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

  • 14But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

  • 2Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

  • 10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • 7For they have gone forth on behalf of“The Name,” accepting nothing from the pagans.

  • 35I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

  • 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • 3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

  • 7So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

  • 16If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.