Romans 14:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For meat desty not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Overthrow{G2647} not{G3361} for{G1752} meat's{G1033} sake the work{G2041} of God.{G2316} All things{G3956} indeed{G3303} are clean;{G2513} howbeit{G235} it is evil{G2556} for that man{G444} who eateth{G2068} with{G1223} offence.{G4348}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1752} meat{G1033} destroy{G2647}{(G5720)} not{G3361} the work{G2041} of God{G2316}. All things{G3956} indeed{G3303} are pure{G2513}; but{G235} it is evil{G2556} for that man{G444} who eateth{G2068}{(G5723)} with{G1223} offence{G4348}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Destroye not ye worke of god for a lytell meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is evyll for that man which eateth with hurte of his conscience.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Destroye not ye worke of God for eny meates sake. All thinges truly are cleane, but it is euell for yt ma, which eateth wt hurte of his coscience

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, `are' pure, but evil `is' to the man who is eating through stumbling.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Overthrow 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Overthrow 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 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.
  • Acts 10:15 : 15 And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, do not call common.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse. 9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols? 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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  • Rom 14:21-23
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    21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

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

    23 But whoever doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

  • Rom 14:13-19
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    13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

    14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

    15 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.

    16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

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

    18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

    19 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.

  • 1 Cor 8:12-13
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    12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

    13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.

  • Rom 14:1-3
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    1 Accept the one who is weak in faith, but not to engage in contentious debates.

    2 For one believes he may eat all things, but another, who is weak, eats only herbs.

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  • 1 Cor 8:7-10
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    7 However, not everyone has this knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.

    8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse.

    9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.

    10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

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    20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

  • Mark 7:18-20
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    18 And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

    19 Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?

    20 And he said, What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

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    25 Whatever is sold in the market, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake:

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
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    27 If any of those who do not believe invite you to a meal, and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.

    28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:

  • 1 Cor 10:31-32
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    31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

    32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

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    15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

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    12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

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  • 1 Tim 4:3-4
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    3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

    4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving;

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    20 But that we write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

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    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • Deut 14:20
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    20 But of all clean birds you may eat.

  • Lev 7:19-20
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    19 And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.

    20 But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29 that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • Acts 10:14
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    14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

  • Matt 15:11
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    11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

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    3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:

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    10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

  • Lev 11:47
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    47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

  • 1 Cor 10:23
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    23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but not all things build up.

  • Matt 15:17
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    17 Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste?

  • Acts 21:25
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    25 As for the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.