Romans 14:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.

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  • Rom 14:14-15 : 14 For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common. 15 But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed.
  • Acts 10:15 : 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth. 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng. 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But who so shall offende one of these litle ones, which beleue in me, it were better for hym, that a myll stone were hanged about his necke, & that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea.
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good neither to eate fleshe, neither to drinke wine, neither any thyng wherby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weake.
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All thinges are lawfull vnto me, but al thinges are not profitable: Al things are lawfull vnto me, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any. 13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly, and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the body is not for fornication: but for the Lorde, and the Lorde for the body.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse. 9 But take heede lest by any meanes this libertie of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meate in the idols temple: shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols, 11 And through thy knowledge shal the weake brother perishe, for whom Christe dyed? 12 When ye sinne so against the brethren, and wounde their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christe. 13 Wherefore, if meate offend my brother, I wyll eate no fleshe whyle the worlde standeth, lest I shoulde offende my brother.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God. 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God. 33 Euen as I please all men in all thynges, not seking myne owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes, whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 And beyng perswaded of this same thyng, that he which hath begun good worke in you, wyll perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 14:21-23
    3 verses
    87%

    21It is good neither to eate fleshe, neither to drinke wine, neither any thyng wherby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weake.

    22Hast thou fayth? Haue it with thy selfe before God. Happy is he that condempneth not hym selfe in the thyng which he aloweth.

    23For he that maketh conscience, is damned yf he eate, because he eateth not of fayth: For whatsoeuer is not of fayth, is sinne.

  • Rom 14:13-19
    7 verses
    83%

    13Let vs not therfore iudge one another any more: But iudge this rather, that no man put a stumblyng blocke, or an occasion to fall, in his brothers way.

    14For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common.

    15But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed.

    16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.

    17For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.

    18For he that in these thynges serueth Christe, pleaseth God, and is comended of men.

    19Let vs therfore folowe those thynges which make for peace, & thynges wherwith one may edifie another.

  • 1 Cor 8:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12When ye sinne so against the brethren, and wounde their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christe.

    13Wherefore, if meate offend my brother, I wyll eate no fleshe whyle the worlde standeth, lest I shoulde offende my brother.

  • Rom 14:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Hym that is weake in the fayth, receaue: not to iudgementes of disputyng.

    2One beleueth yt he may eate euery thyng: Another which is weake, eateth hearbes.

    3Let not hym that eateth, dispise hym that eateth not: And let not hym which eateth not, iudge hym that eateth. For God hath receaued hym.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7But euery man hath not knowledge: For some hauing conscience of the idol vntill this houre, eate as a thing offred vnto idols, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled.

    8But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.

    9But take heede lest by any meanes this libertie of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake.

    10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meate in the idols temple: shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols,

  • Matt 15:20
    76%

    20These are the thynges, which defyle a man: But to eate with vnwasshen handes, defyleth not a man.

  • Mark 7:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18And he sayde vnto them: Are ye also so without vnderstandyng? Do ye not yet perceaue, that whatsoeuer thing fro without, entreth into a man, it can not defyle hym,

    19Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purgyng all meates?

    20And he sayde: That which commeth out of a man, defyleth the man.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    75%

    25Whatsoeuer is solde in the market, that eate, and aske no question for conscience sake.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27If any of them which beleue not, byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

    28But yf any man say vnto you, this is offred vnto idols, eate not of it for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake. The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is.

  • 1 Cor 10:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God.

    32See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.

  • Titus 1:15
    74%

    15Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled.

  • 1 Cor 6:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12All thinges are lawfull vnto me, but al thinges are not profitable: Al things are lawfull vnto me, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any.

    13Meates are ordeyned for the belly, and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the body is not for fornication: but for the Lorde, and the Lorde for the body.

  • Rom 14:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5This man putteth difference betwene day and day. Another man counteth all dayes alyke. Let euery man be fully perswaded in his owne mynde.

    6He that esteemeth the day, esteemeth it vnto ye Lorde: And he that esteemeth not the day to the Lorde, he doeth not esteeme it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lorde, for he geueth God thankes: And he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lorde, and geueth God thankes.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.

    4For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.

  • Acts 15:20
    72%

    20But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.

  • Deut 14:3
    72%

    3Thou shalt eate no maner of abhomination.

  • Deut 14:20
    72%

    20But of all cleane foules ye may eate.

  • Lev 7:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And the fleshe that toucheth any vncleane thing, shal not be eaten, but burnt with fire: and of this fleshe all that be cleane, shall eate therof.

    20But if any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offering that pertayneth vnto the Lord, hauing his vnclennesse vpon him: the same soule shall be cut of from among his people.

  • Acts 15:29
    72%

    29That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well.

  • Acts 10:14
    72%

    14But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane.

  • Matt 15:11
    72%

    11That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.

  • Heb 13:9
    71%

    9Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    71%

    3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

  • Deut 14:10
    71%

    10And whatsoeuer hath not finnes and scales, of that ye may not eate, but it is vncleane vnto you.

  • Lev 11:47
    71%

    47That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.

  • 1 Cor 10:23
    70%

    23All thynges are lawfull for me, but all thynges are not expedient: All thynges are lawfull for me, but all thynges edifie not.

  • Matt 15:17
    70%

    17Do not ye yet vnderstande, that whatsoeuer entreth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  • Acts 21:25
    70%

    25As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.