Caution! It May Be a Trap!

1-minute devotion for Thursday, 2/26/26

 “Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.” Romans 16:17-18 NASB

There is a lot of information in these verses.

1. The unsuspecting are people who are not aware of the presence of danger. They feel no suspicion.
2. The Greek word for hindrances in this verse is skandalon. It means a “stumbling block, a trap, an obstacle, offense; something that causes sin”.
3. Such people are deceivers.
4. The Bible says we are to turn away from them.

Commentary: “False teachers excel at laying traps through the teaching of false doctrine…” Jeremiah Study Bible Notes

The word scandalon occurs 15 times in the N.T. It occurs three times in the following verse:

Jesus said, “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!” Matthew 18:7 NASB

In His Love, Cindy

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.” Psalm 122:6 NASB

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