Romans 14:11
For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
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In Context
12And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.
Cross References
Numbers 14:28Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.
Isaiah 45:22All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.
Jeremiah 22:24As I live, says the Lord, if Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a ring on my right hand, I would remove him from there.
Zephaniah 2:9Because of this, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, like the dryness of thorns, and piles of salt, and a desert, all the way to eternity. The remnant of my people will despoil them, and the residue of my nation will possess them.
Romans 10:9For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and if you believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.
Philippians 2:10so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,
Matthew Henry on Romans 14:2-23
Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 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. 5… Read the whole commentary →