Romans 14:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But if thy bther be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Desty not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But if your brother is grieved with your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1161} if{G1487} because{G1223} of meat{G1033} thy{G4675} brother{G80} is grieved,{G3076} {G3765} thou{G4043} walkest no{G3765} longer{G2596} in love.{G26} Destroy{G622} not{G3361} with{G1033} thy{G4675} meat{G1033} him{G1565} for{G5228} whom{G3739} Christ{G5547} died.{G599}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} if{G1487} thy{G4675} brother{G80} be grieved{G3076}{(G5743)} with{G1223} thy meat{G1033}, now{G3765} walkest thou{G4043}{(G5719)} not{G3765} charitably{G26}{G2596}. Destroy{G622}{(G5720)} not{G3361} him{G1565} with thy{G4675} meat{G1033}, for{G5228} whom{G3739} Christ{G5547} died{G599}{(G5627)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    If thy brother be greved with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye. Destroye not him with thy meate for whom Christ dyed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But yf yi brother be greued ouer yi meate, the walkest thou not now after charite. Destroye not wt thy meate, him, for whom Christ dyed,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • Phil 2:2-4 : 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
  • 1 Cor 8:11-12 : 11 So the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • 1 Cor 13:1 : 1 If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
  • Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies when I had not caused them grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
  • Rom 13:10 : 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Rom 14:20 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
  • Rom 15:2 : 2 Each of us should please our neighbor for their good, to build them up.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 14:16-23
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    16 Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

    17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

    19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

    20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

    22 Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

    23 But whoever doubts and eats is condemned if they do so, because their actions are not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-13
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    7 However, not everyone knows this. Some, being accustomed to idols until now, eat it as if it were truly food offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.

    8 Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

    9 But be careful that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to those who are weak.

    10 For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?

    11 So the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

    12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

    13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

  • Rom 14:13-14
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    13 Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

    14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

  • Rom 14:1-7
    7 verses
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    1 Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but do not engage in disputes over opinions.

    2 One person believes they may eat anything, while someone who is weak eats only vegetables.

    3 The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.

    4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

    5 One person considers one day more important than another, while another considers every day alike. Each person should be fully convinced in their own mind.

    6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

    7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10 But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-29
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    27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you without raising questions of conscience.

    28 But if someone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

    29 I do not mean your own conscience, but that of the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • Gal 5:15
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    15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

    15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

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    1 We who are strong ought to bear with the weaknesses of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, wait for one another.

    34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give further instructions.

  • 1 Cor 10:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

    31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

    32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

  • Jas 2:15
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    15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

  • 1 Cor 11:29
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    29 For the one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.

  • Acts 15:29
    68%

    29 that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • Mark 7:19
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    19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

  • Col 2:16
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    16 Therefore, let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or regarding a festival, a new moon, or Sabbaths.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3 If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • 1 Cor 11:21
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    21 For when you eat, each one takes his own supper ahead of others. One goes hungry, and another gets drunk.