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Romans 14:11

For it is written, I live, saith the Lord, for to me each knee shall be bowed, and each tongue shall acknowledge to God.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

In Context

10But what deemest thou thy brother? or why despisest thou thy brother? for all we shall stand before the throne of Christ. (But why judgest thy brother? or why despisest thy brother? for all of us shall stand before the throne of the Messiah.)

12Therefore each of us shall yield reason to God for himself. (And so each of us shall have to answer to God for himself, or give an account of himself.)

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Cross References

Numbers 14:28Therefore say thou to them, (As) I live, saith the Lord; as ye spake while I heard, so I shall do to you;

Isaiah 45:22All the coasts of (the) earth, be ye converted to me, and ye shall be safe; for I am the Lord, and none other there is. (Turn ye to me, and be ye saved, ye peoples from all the ends of the earth; for I am the Lord, and there is no other.)

Jeremiah 22:24I live, saith the Lord, for thou Jeconiah + 22:24 Also known as Coniah and Jehoiachin., the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were (as) a ring in my right hand, from thence I shall draw away him. (As I live, saith the Lord, for thou Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were the ring on my right hand, but now I shall draw thee away from there.)

Zephaniah 2:9Therefore I live, saith the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, for Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah; dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and desert till into without end. The remnants of my people shall ravish them, the residues of my folk shall wield them. (And so as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah; yea, dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert, or a wasteland, forevermore. The remnants of my people shall rob them, yea, those of my nation who remain, or who survive, shall rule over them.)

Romans 10:9That if thou acknowledge in thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ, and believest in thine heart, that God raised him from death [or that God raised him from (the) dead], thou shalt be safe. (If thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord, and believest in thine heart, that God raised him from the dead, then thou shalt be saved.)

Philippians 2:10that in the name of Jesus each knee be bowed (or so that at the name of Jesus every knee shall be bowed), of heavenly things, [and] of earthly things, and of hell’s;

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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