Verse 10

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • Matt 18:7 : 7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone; 33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
  • Luke 17:1-2 : 1 He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.