Romans 14:20
Destroye not ye worke of god for a lytell meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is evyll for that man which eateth with hurte of his conscience.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
19Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for peace and thinges wherwith one maye edyfie another.
Cross References
Matthew 15:11That which goeth into the mouth defyleth not ye man: but that which commeth out of the mouth defyleth the man.
Acts 10:15And the voyce spake vnto him agayne the seconde tyme: what God hath clensed that make thou not comen.
Romans 14:21It is good nether to eate flesshe nether to drincke wyne nether eny thinge wherby thy brother stombleth ether falleth or is made weake.
1 Corinthians 8:8Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we ye better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse.
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 →