Romans 14:20
Do not, for the sake of food, be throwing down the work of God! All things, indeed, are pure; but, ill, is it for the man who with occasion of stumbling doth eat,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Matthew 15:11Not that which entereth into the mouth, defileth the man, but, that which proceedeth out of the mouth, the same, defileth the man,
Acts 10:15And a voice [came] again, a second time, unto him—What things, God, hath cleansed, be not, thou, making common.
Romans 14:21Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor [to do aught] whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.
1 Corinthians 8:8Food, indeed, will not commend us unto God,—neither, if we eat not, do we lack, nor, if we eat, do we abound.
Ephesians 2:10His, in fact we are—his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.
1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally 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 →