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

'Give no occasions of stumbling' -avoid causing ANYONE to stumble into sin. 'Don't be the reason for others to sin whether they are Jews' (Beck)

'One is not... to pursue. path that is to the detriment of another..To "give offense", therefore, does not so much mean to "hurt someone's feelings" as to behave in such. way as to prevent someone else from hearing the gospel, or to alienate someone who is already. brother or sister.' (Fee pp. 488-489)

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Old Testament