But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Romans 14:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The right thing is to eat no meat or drink no wine [at all], or [do anything else] if it makes your brother stumble or hurts his conscience or offends or weakens him. American Standard Version (1901) It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth. Common English Bible It’s a good thing not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that trips your brother or sister. Catholic Public Domain Version It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended, or scandalized, or made weak. |
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.
that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ;
and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Ba´laam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.