Romans 14:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who considers it unclean.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as] essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less] it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean.

American Standard Version (1901)

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Common English Bible

I know and I’m convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is wrong to eat in itself. But if someone thinks something is wrong to eat, it becomes wrong for that person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Romans 14:14 Cross References

Mark 7:2

they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.

Acts 10:28

and he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is improper for a Jew to associate with or to visit an outsider, but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.

Romans 14:2

Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.

Romans 14:20

Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong to make someone stumble by what you eat;

Romans 14:23

But those who have doubts are condemned if they eat because they do not act from faith, for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience,

1 Corinthians 8:10

For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols?

1 Corinthians 8:7

It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

1 Timothy 4:4

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving,

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.