John 16:1
THESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 11:6And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.
Matthew 13:57And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Matthew 26:31Then Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended because of me this night. For it is written: I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
John 15:18If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Romans 14:21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbles, or is made to offend, or is weak.
1 Peter 2:8and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed.
Matthew Henry on John 16:1
Among other glorious things God hath spoken of himself this is one, I wound, and I heal, Deut. xxxii. 39 . Christ's discourse in this chapter, which continues and concludes his farewell sermon to his disciples, does so. I. Here are wounding words in the notice he gives them of the troubles that were before them, ver. 1-6 . II. Here are healing words in the comforts he administers to them for their support under those troubles, which are five:—1. That he would send them the Comforter, ver. 7-15 . 2. That he would… Read the whole commentary →