Romans 14:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ You must not, for the sake of food, undo and break down and destroy the work of God! Everything is indeed [ceremonially] clean and pure, but it is wrong for anyone to hurt the conscience of others or to make them fall by what he eats.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t destroy what God has done because of food. All food is acceptable, but it’s a bad thing if it trips someone else.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating.

Romans 14:20 Cross References

Matthew 15:11

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles   a person, but what comes out of the mouth #– #this defiles a person.’

Matthew 18:6

‘But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away #– #it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung round his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

Acts 10:15

Again, a second time, the voice said to him, ‘What God has made clean, do not call impure.’

Romans 14:2

One person believes he may eat anything,  while one who is weak eats only vegetables.

Romans 14:21

It is a good thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created  in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance  for us to do.

Philippians 1:6

I am sure of this, that he who started a good work  in you  will carry it on to completion  until the day of Christ Jesus.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience  are defiled.