But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Romans 14:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The right thing is to eat no meat or drink no wine [at all], or [do anything else] if it makes your brother stumble or hurts his conscience or offends or weakens him. American Standard Version (1901) It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth. Common English Bible It’s a good thing not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that trips your brother or sister. Catholic Public Domain Version It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended, or scandalized, or made weak. |
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Wherefore, if meat maketh my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I make not my brother to stumble.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.
so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;
and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.