Christians Should Never Offend Anyone - Answers in Genesis: Is the belief that Christians should never offend anyone a biblical guideline? This supposed guideline could be a result of ideas like the following:
- We need to avoid offending our weaker brother.
- We should not offend non-Christians because we might lose the opportunity to witness.
- Paul stated that we should never offend anyone: 'We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed' (2 Corinthians 6:3).
After close examination, we will not only find the guideline of never offending anyone to be unbiblical, but we will also find the supposed biblical ideas used to support it are unbiblical. Taking Scripture out of context to support an idea can be very easy to do, and so we must carefully examine all ideas with Scripture.
If we are defending and living the truth of God's Word, is it possible to always avoid offending a weaker brother or a non-Christian, and should that be our focus? This article explains why never offending anyone is not a biblical guideline.
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