Romans 14:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Romans 14:20 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 14:20 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
- Matthew 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- Acts 10:15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
- Romans 14:14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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