1 John 2:10

There is none occasion, &c.— There is no stumbling-block, Σκανδαλον, in him. By this expression it may be implied, that such a man lays no stumbling-block in the way of others; but it more particularly means that there is no stumbling-block lies in his way; he walks in the light, and therefore avoids all stumbling-blocks, and sees his way plainly before him. "The word Σκανδαλον in the New Testament, says Parkhurst, denotes whatever actually makes, or has a manifest tendency to make men fall,stumble, or be remiss in the ways of duty; and particularly whatever hinders men from becoming the disciples of Christ, discourages them in their new profession, ortempts them to forsake that faith which they had lately embraced."