The Greek aproskoptos means without offense, not causing or finding a stumbling block. It combines a (negative) with proskoptó (to strike against, to stumble). The word describes both the absence of personal offense and the care not to cause others to stumble.
Aproskoptos appears three times in the New Testament. Paul prays for the Philippians to be 'pure and blameless for the day of Christ' (Philippians 1:10 — aproskopos). In Acts 24:16 Paul describes his own goal: 'to keep my conscience clear before God and man.' In 1 Corinthians 10:32, Paul instructs believers to 'give no offense (aproskopos) to Jews, Greeks, or the church.' The word calls for a life of such integrity and love that it removes barriers to faith rather than creating them.