OFFENCE
This word answers to two different terms in the original, the one signifying a breach of the law, Romans 5:15, Romans 1:5, the other a stumbling-block or cause of sin to others, Matthew 5:29; Matthew 1:18; or whatever is perverted into an occasion or excuse for sin, Matthew 15:12; John 6:61; Romans 9:33; Galatians 5:11.