Romans 14:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat, for God has welcomed them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted and welcomed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Common English Bible

³ Those who eat must not look down on the ones who don’t, and the ones who don’t eat must not judge the ones who do, because God has accepted them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him.

Romans 14:3 Cross References

Romans 14:10

Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Luke 18:9

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:

Romans 14:13

Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality,

Romans 14:21

it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.

Romans 14:15

If your brother or sister is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

Matthew 18:10

“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.

Acts 10:44

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.

Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

Zechariah 4:10

For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range through the whole earth.”

Acts 28:2

The local people showed us unusual kindness. Since it had begun to rain and was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us around it.

Romans 11:15

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Romans 14:1

Welcome those who are weak in faith but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.

Romans 15:7

Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.