Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for food. All things indeed are pure; but it is wrong for a man to cause another to fall by what he eats.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
19Therefore, let us follow after the things which make for peace, and things which edify one another.
21It is good not to eat meat, or to drink wine, or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Cross References
Matthew 15:11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Acts 10:15And the voice spoke to him a second time, What God has cleansed, do not call unholy.
Romans 14:21It is good not to eat meat, or to drink wine, or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not commend us to God: if we eat, we are none the better; if we do not eat, we are none the worse.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared beforehand for us to do.
1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding marriage, and commanding abstinence from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those 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 →