Romans 14:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ You must not, for the sake of food, undo and break down and destroy the work of God! Everything is indeed [ceremonially] clean and pure, but it is wrong for anyone to hurt the conscience of others or to make them fall by what he eats.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t destroy what God has done because of food. All food is acceptable, but it’s a bad thing if it trips someone else.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Romans 14:20 Cross References

Matthew 15:11

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Matthew 18:6

But whoso shall cause one of these little ones which believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Acts 10:15

And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

Romans 14:2

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that he which began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.