Romans 14:14

James Moffatt - New Testament

I know, I am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is in itself unclean; only, anything is unclean for a man who considers it unclean.

Cross References

Titus 1:15

For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.

Romans 14:2

While one man has enough confidence to eat any food, the man of weak faith only eats vegetables.

1 Corinthians 8:7

But remember, it is not everyone who has this 'knowledge.' Some who have hitherto been accustomed to idols eat the food as food which has been really offered to an idol, and so their weaker conscience is contaminated.

1 Timothy 4:4

Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed — provided it is eaten with thanksgiving,

1 Corinthians 8:10

Suppose anyone sees you, a person of enlightened mind, reclining at meat inside an idol's temple; will that really 'fortify his weak conscience'? Will it not embolden him to violate his scruples of conscience by eating food that has been offered to idols?

Acts 10:28

To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean,

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

Romans 14:23

But if anyone has doubts about eating and then eats, that condemns him at once; it was not faith that induced him to eat, and any action that is not based on faith is a sin.

Romans 14:20

You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with 'common' (that is, unwashed) hands.