Romans 14:20

God's Word

Don’t ruin God’s work because of what you eat. All food is acceptable, but it’s wrong for a person to eat something if it causes someone else to have doubts.

Cross References

Matthew 15:11

What goes into a person’s mouth doesn’t make him unclean. It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean.”

Matthew 18:6

“These little ones believe in me. It would be best for the person who causes one of them to lose faith to be drowned in the sea with a large stone hung around his neck.

Acts 10:15

A voice spoke to him a second time, “Don’t say that the things which God has made clean  are impure.”

Romans 14:2

Some people believe that they can eat all kinds of food. Other people with weak faith believe that they can eat only vegetables.

Romans 14:21

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that causes another Christian to have doubts.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

Philippians 1:6

I’m convinced that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.

Titus 1:15

Everything is clean  to those who are clean. But nothing is clean to corrupt unbelievers. Indeed, their minds and their consciences are corrupted.