Romans 14:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

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  • Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane. 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.
  • Acts 10:15 : 15 And the voyce spake vnto him againe the second time, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth. 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing. 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God, and prayer.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones which beleeue in me, it were better for him, that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All thinges are lawfull vnto mee, but all thinges are not profitable. I may doe all things, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any thing. 13 Meates are ordeined for the bellie, & the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But meate maketh not vs 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 power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles? 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weake brother perish, for whome Christ died. 12 Nowe when ye sinne so against the brethren, and wound their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christ. 13 Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God. 32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God: 33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 And I am persuaded of this same thing, that he that hath begunne this good worke in you, wil perfourme it vntill the day of Iesus Christ,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 14:21-23
    3 verses
    87%

    21It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

    22Hast thou faith? haue it with thy selfe before God: blessed is hee that condemneth not himselfe in that thing which he aloweth.

    23For he that doubteth, is condemned if he eate, because he eateth not of faith: and whatsoeuer is not of faith, is sinne.

  • Rom 14:13-19
    7 verses
    83%

    13Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.

    14I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane.

    15But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.

    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

    17For the kingdome of God, is not meate nor drinke, but righteousnes, and peace, and ioye in the holy Ghost.

    18For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.

    19Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

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

    12Nowe when ye sinne so against the brethren, and wound their weake conscience, ye sinne against Christ.

    13Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.

  • Rom 14:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Him that is weake in the faith, receiue vnto you, but not for controuersies of disputations.

    2One beleeueth that he may eate of all things: and another, which is weake, eateth herbes.

    3Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, condemne him that eateth: for God hath receiued him.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7But euery man hath not that knowledge: for many hauing conscience of the idole, vntill this houre, eate as a thing sacrificed vnto the idole, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled.

    8But meate maketh not vs 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 power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake.

    10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idoles temple, shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those things which are sacrificed to idoles?

  • Matt 15:20
    76%

    20These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.

  • Mark 7:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18And he sayde vnto them, What? Are ye without vnderstanding also? Doe ye not knowe that whatsoeuer thing from without entreth into a man, cannot defile him,

    19Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught which is the purging of all meates?

    20Then he sayd, That which commeth out of man, that defileth man.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    75%

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

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

    27If any of them which beleeue not, call you to a feast, and if ye wil go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eate, asking no question for conscience sake.

    28But if any man say vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eate it not, because of him that shewed it, and for the conscience (for the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is)

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

    31Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.

    32Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:

  • Titus 1:15
    74%

    15Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.

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

    12All thinges are lawfull vnto mee, but all thinges are not profitable. I may doe all things, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any thing.

    13Meates are ordeined for the bellie, & the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.

  • Rom 14:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5This man esteemeth one day aboue another day, & another ma counteth euery day alike: let euery man be fully perswaded in his minde.

    6He that obserueth the day, obserueth it to the Lord: and he that obserueth not the day, obserueth it not to the Lorde. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giueth God thankes: and he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lord, and giueth God thankes.

  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.

    4For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.

  • Acts 15:20
    72%

    20But that we send vnto them, that they absteine themselues from filthinesse of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood.

  • Deut 14:3
    72%

    3Thou shalt eate no maner of abominatio.

  • Deut 14:20
    72%

    20But of all cleane foules ye may eate.

  • Lev 7:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19The flesh also that toucheth any vncleane thing, shall not be eaten, but burnt with fire: but of this flesh all that be cleane shal eate thereof.

    20But if any eate of the flesh of the peace offerings that pertaineth to the Lorde, hauing his vncleannesse vpon him, euen the same person shalbe cut off from his people.

  • Acts 15:29
    72%

    29That is, that ye absteine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keepe your selues, ye shall doe well. Fare ye well.

  • Acts 10:14
    72%

    14But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.

  • Matt 15:11
    72%

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

  • Heb 13:9
    71%

    9Be not caried about with diuers & strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    71%

    3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • Deut 14:10
    71%

    10And whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eate: it shall be 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 things are lawfull for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not.

  • Matt 15:17
    70%

    17Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?

  • Acts 21:25
    70%

    25For as touching ye Gentiles, which beleeue, we haue written, & determined that they obserue no such thing, but that they keepe themselues from things offred to idoles, and from blood, and from that that is strangled, and from fornication.