“ I have told you all this so that you will not turn away from the truth.

“我已将这些事告诉你们，使你们不至于跌倒。

“我对你们说了这些事，是要使你们不至于跌倒。

“我对你们说了这些事，是要使你们不至于跌倒。

“我把这些事告诉你们，以免你们失去信心。

“我把这些事告诉了你们，使你们不致后退。

“我把这些事告诉了你们，免得你们被绊倒。

「我已將這些事告訴你們，使你們不至於跌倒。

「我對你們說了這些事，是要使你們不至於跌倒。

「我對你們說了這些事，是要使你們不至於跌倒。

「我把這些事告訴你們，以免你們失去信心。

“我把這些事告訴了你們，使你們不致後退。

『這些事我對你們說了，是要使你們不絆跌。

「我把這些事告訴了你們，免得你們被絆倒。

我以此語爾、免爾傾覆、

我以此告爾、免爾厭棄我、

我以此告爾、免爾因我躓蹶、

予以此預告、庶幾來日爾等意志不致搖動。

“ All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.

“ I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

“ I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.

“ I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.

“ These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin.

“ These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

“ I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

“ I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

“ I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

And,“ It is a stone that causes people to trip. It is a rock that makes them fall.”( Isaiah 8:14) They trip and fall because they do not obey the message. That is also what God planned for them.

But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quickly fall away from the faith when trouble or suffering comes because of the message.

Why have I told you this? So that when their time comes, you will remember that I warned you about them. I didn’t tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.

Then you will be able to know what is best. Then you will be pure and without blame for the day that Christ returns.

Jesus told them,“ This very night you will all turn away because of me. It is written that the Lord said,“‘ I will strike the shepherd down. Then the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’( Zechariah 13:7)But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”Peter replied,“ All the others may turn away because of you. But I never will.”

At that time, many will turn away from their faith. They will hate each other. They will hand each other over to their enemies.

Don’t eat meat if it causes your brother or sister to sin. Don’t drink wine or do anything else that will make them sin.

Blessed is anyone who does not give up their faith because of me.”

“ My disciples, does the world hate you? Remember that it hated me first.If you belonged to the world, it would love you like one of its own. But you do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.Remember what I told you. I said,‘ A slave is not more important than his master.’( John 13:16) If people hated me and tried to hurt me, they will do the same to you. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.They will treat you like that because of my name. They do not know the one who sent me.If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.Whoever hates me hates my Father also.I did works among them that no one else did. If I hadn’t, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen those works. And still they have hated both me and my Father.This has happened so that what is written in their Law would come true. It says,‘ They hated me without any reason.’( Psalms 35:19; 69:4)“ I will send the Friend to you from the Father. He is the Spirit of truth, who comes out from the Father. When the Friend comes to help you, he will be a witness about me.You must also be witnesses about me. That’s because you have been with me from the beginning.

They were not pleased with him at all. But Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town and in his own home.”

I have told you this so that you will have the same joy that I have. I also want your joy to be complete.