Romans 14:20
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
KJV
μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ. πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.
Greek NT
Noli propter escam destruere opus Dei, omnia quidem sunt munda : sed malum est homini, qui per offendiculum manducat.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210226.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:12 — All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
- 1Cor 8:8 — But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
- 1Cor 8:9 — But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
- 1Cor 8:11 — And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
- 1Cor 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- 1Tim 4:4 — For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
- Acts 10:15 — And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 10:15 — And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 15:29 — That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- Col 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
- Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Luke 17:1 — Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
- Matt 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matt 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Matt 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Matt 18:6 — But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- Rom 14:14 — I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
- Rom 14:14 — I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
- Rom 14:15 — But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
- Rom 14:21 — It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
- Titus 1:15 — Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
- Titus 1:15 — Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.