Romans 14:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the man who has doubts (misgivings, an uneasy conscience) about eating, and then eats [perhaps because of you], stands condemned [before God], because he is not true to his convictions and he does not act from faith. For whatever does not originate and proceed from faith is sin [whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful].

American Standard Version (1901)

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Common English Bible

But those who have doubts are convicted if they go ahead and eat, because they aren’t acting on the basis of faith. Everything that isn’t based on faith is sin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.

Romans 14:23 Cross References

Romans 13:2

Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

Romans 14:5

Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds.

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.

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.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.