Romans 14:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν, Κυρίῳ φρονεῖ· καὶ ὁ μὴ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν, Κυρίῳ οὐ φρονεῖ. Ὁ ἐσθίων, Κυρίῳ ἐσθίει, εὐχαριστεῖ γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ· καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων, Κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐσθίει, καὶ εὐχαριστεῖ τῷ Θεῷ.

Transliteration

The one phronōn the hēmeran, to Kyriō phronei; and the one not phronōn the hēmeran, to Kyriō not phronei. The one esthiōn, to Kyriō esthiei, for eucharistei to the Theō; and the one not esthiōn, to Kyriō not esthiei, and eucharistei to the Theō.

Grammar Details

*phronōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - regarding/thinking about
*hēmeran*: accusative, feminine, singular - day
*Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - Lord
*phronei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - regards/thinks about
*esthiōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - eating
*esthiei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - eats
*eucharistei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - gives thanks
*Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

*phronōn*: regarding/thinking about/setting mind on/observing
*hēmeran*: day/time period
*phronei*: regards/thinks about/sets mind on/observes
*esthiōn*: eating/consuming
*esthiei*: eats/consumes
*eucharistei*: gives thanks/expresses gratitude

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 10:30-31 : 30 {G1161} If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Matt 14:19 : 19 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Matt 15:36 : 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Gal 4:10 : 10 Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
Exod 12:14 : 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Exod 12:42 : 42 It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
Exod 16:25 : 25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field.
Isa 58:5 : 5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Zech 7:5-6 : 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh [month], even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
John 6:28 : 28 They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Rom 14:1-5
5 verses
87%
1But him that is weak in faith receive ye, [yet] not for decision of scruples.
2{G3303} One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.
3Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
Rom 14:7-8
2 verses
76%
7For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
8For whether {G5037} we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether {G5037} we live therefore, or {G5037} die, we are the Lord's.
Col 2:16
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16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
1 Cor 8:7-8
2 verses
75%
7Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as [of] a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8But food will not commend us to God: {G3777} neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
1 Cor 10:25-31
7 verses
74%
25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake,
26for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.
28But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:
29conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for {G2443} why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
30{G1161} If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Rom 14:12-23
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12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, {G3765} thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18For he that herein {G5125} serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.
19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
20Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby {G3739} thy brother stumbleth.
22The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.
23But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
1 Tim 4:3-4
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3forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Cor 11:29
69%
29For he that eateth and drinketh, {G371} eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the {G2962} body.
Lev 22:30
69%
30On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Jehovah.
1 Cor 6:12-13
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69%
12All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
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Lev 7:15-16
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15And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
16But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten:
Col 3:17
68%
17And {G3748} whatsoever ye do, {G4160} in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Cor 11:34
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34{G1161} If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever {G302} I come.
1 Cor 8:13
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13Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat {G3756} no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.
Eph 6:7-8
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7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
8knowing that whatsoever {G3739} good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
1 Cor 14:17
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17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1 Cor 8:4
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4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no {G2087} God but {G3361} one.
Deut 16:8
67%
8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work [therein].
1 Cor 11:21
67%
21for in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one {G3303} is hungry, and another is drunken.
Exod 16:29
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29See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
1 Cor 8:10
66%
10For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat {G1519} things sacrificed to idols?
Exod 13:6
66%
6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.
Rom 14:10
66%
10But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or {G2532} thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.