Romans 14:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

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  • Luke 18:9 : 9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
  • Rom 14:10 : 10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
  • Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged. 2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
  • Matt 9:14 : 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
  • Matt 11:18-19 : 18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit. 19 The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Acts 10:44 : 44 While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.
  • Acts 15:8-9 : 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; 9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
  • 1 Cor 8:11-13 : 11 And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death. 12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
  • 1 Cor 10:29-30 : 29 Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong. 30 But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.
  • Col 2:16-17 : 16 For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths: 17 For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.
  • Zech 4:10 : 10 For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 14:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

    2 One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.

  • Rom 14:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

    5 This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.

    6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.

    7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

  • Rom 14:13-23
    11 verses
    78%

    13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

    14 I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

    15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

    16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

    17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

    19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

    20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

    21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

    22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

    23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    76%

    7 Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.

    8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

    9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

    10 For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
    3 verses
    76%

    27 If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

    28 But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

    29 Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

  • Col 2:16
    75%

    16 For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

  • Rom 14:10
    75%

    10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • 1 Cor 11:34
    72%

    34 If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

  • 1 Cor 11:29
    72%

    29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

  • 1 Cor 5:12
    72%

    12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

  • Rom 15:7
    72%

    7 So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 11:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

    22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

    4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

  • 1 Cor 8:13
    71%

    13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
    71%

    15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    70%

    25 Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;

  • Matt 7:1
    70%

    1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • Heb 13:9
    70%

    9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

  • Deut 14:3
    69%

    3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

  • Rom 2:3
    69%

    3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • 1 Thess 4:8
    69%

    8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

  • Luke 10:8
    69%

    8 And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

  • 1 Cor 10:32
    69%

    32 Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Mark 7:19
    68%

    19 Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.