Romans 14:20
for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
Cross References
Matthew 15:11not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'
Acts 10:15and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'
Romans 14:21Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
1 Corinthians 8:8But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;
Ephesians 2:10for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry — to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging 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 →