Romans 14:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”
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“Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou--who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 14:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 119:116Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
- Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Romans 11:23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Romans 14:3The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
- Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
- Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
- 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
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