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Take heed (blepete). A warning to the enlightened.
Lest by any means (mē pōs). Common construction after verbs of caution or fearing, mē pōs with aorist subjunctive genētai.
This liberty of yours (hē exousia humōn hautē). Exousia, from exestin, means a grant, allowance, authority, power, privilege, right, liberty. It shades off easily. It becomes a battle cry, personal liberty does, to those who wish to indulge their own whims and appetites regardless of the effect upon others.
A stumbling-block to the weak (proskomma tois asthenesin). Late word from proskoptō, to cut against, to stumble against. So an obstacle for the foot to strike. In Rom 14:13 Paul uses skandalon as parallel with proskomma. We do not live alone. This principle applies to all social relations in matters of law, of health, of morals. Noblesse oblige. The enlightened must consider the welfare of the unenlightened, else he does not have love.