Romans 14:20
And let us not, on account of food, destroy the work of God. For every thing is, indeed, pure; yet it is evil, to the man who eateth with stumbling.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
19Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another.
Cross References
Matthew 15:11Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man.
Acts 10:15And again the second time, there was a voice to him: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.
Romans 14:21It is proper, that we neither eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor do any thing, whereby our brother is stumbled.
1 Corinthians 8:8But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.
1 Timothy 4:3and will forbid to marry; and will require abstinence from meats, which God hath created for use and for thankfulness, by them who believe and know the truth.
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 →