Romans 14:2

New Century Version

One person believes it is right to eat all kinds of food. But another, who is weak, believes it is right to eat only vegetables.

Cross References

Genesis 1:29

God said, “Look, I have given you all the plants that have grain for seeds and all the trees whose fruits have seeds in them. They will be food for you.

Genesis 9:3

“Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.

Proverbs 15:17

It is better to eat vegetables with those who love you than to eat meat with those who hate you.

Daniel 1:12

Daniel said to the guard, “Please give us this test for ten days: Don’t give us anything but vegetables to eat and water to drink.

Daniel 1:16

So the guard took away the king’s special food and wine, feeding them vegetables instead.

Romans 14:1

Accept into your group someone who is weak in faith, and do not argue about opinions.

Romans 14:14

I am in the Lord Jesus, and I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes something is wrong, that thing is wrong for him.

Romans 14:20

Do not let the eating of food destroy the work of God. All foods are all right to eat, but it is wrong to eat food that causes someone else to sin.

Romans 15:1

We who are strong in faith should help the weak with their weaknesses, and not please only ourselves.

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat any meat that is sold in the meat market. Do not ask questions about it.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But be careful that your freedom does not cause those who are weak in faith to fall into sin.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To those who are weak, I became weak so I could win the weak. I have become all things to all people so I could save some of them in any way possible.

Galatians 2:12

Peter ate with the non-Jewish people until some Jewish people sent from James came to Antioch. When they arrived, Peter stopped eating with those who weren’t Jewish, and he separated himself from them. He was afraid of the Jews.

1 Timothy 4:4

Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,

Titus 1:15

To those who are pure, all things are pure, but to those who are full of sin and do not believe, nothing is pure. Both their minds and their consciences have been ruined.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods, which do not help those who obey them.

Hebrews 9:10

These gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. They were rules for the body, to be followed until the time of God’s new way.