Romans 14:16

Don't let the good things you do be misrepresented—

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In The King James Version

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

In Context

15If your fellow-believer is hurt by you over matters of food, then you're no longer behaving in a loving way. Don't destroy someone for whom Christ died by the food you choose to eat.

17for God's kingdom is not about eating and drinking, but about living right, having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Ruth 3:14So Ruth lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before it was light enough to recognize anyone because Boaz had told her, “No one must know that a woman came here to the threshing floor.”

1 Corinthians 10:29His conscience I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience?

1 Thessalonians 5:22keep away from every kind of evil.

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 →

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