if
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 2:3
But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 16:3
Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.
why
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 4:29
But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 6:12
Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised-- but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 6:17
From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I carry the marks of Jesus on my body.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 21:21
But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk in our customs.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 21:28
shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What's more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 22:21
"Then He said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 22:22
They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, "Wipe this person off the earth-- it's a disgrace for him to live!"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 23:13
There were more than 40 who had formed this plot.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 23:14
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won't eat anything until we have killed Paul.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 15:30
Why are we in danger every hour?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 11:23-26
23
Are they servants of Christ? I'm talking like a madman-- I'm a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, near death many times.
24
Five times I received from the Jews 40 lashes minus one.
25
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the depths of the sea.
26
On frequent journeys, [I faced] dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the open country, dangers on the sea, and dangers among false brothers;
the offence
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 8:14
He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, He will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 9:32
Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 9:33
As it is written: Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over, and a rock to trip over, yet the one who believes on Him will not be put to shame.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 1:18
For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is God's power.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_60 2:8
A stone that causes men to stumble, and a rock that trips them up. They stumble by disobeying the message; they were destined for this.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_60 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
