Romans 14:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ So do not let your good be slandered.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ And don’t let something you consider to be good be criticized as wrong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.

Romans 14:16 Cross References

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

Ruth 3:14

So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before one person could recognize another, for he said, “It must not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.