It’s not what goes into the mouth that makes the man unholy; but what comes out of the mouth, this makes the man unholy.”
Romans 14:20 - Tree of Life Version Stop tearing down the work of God for the sake of food. Indeed all things are clean, but wrong for the man who by eating causes stumbling. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. |
It’s not what goes into the mouth that makes the man unholy; but what comes out of the mouth, this makes the man unholy.”
“But whoever causes one of these little ones who trust in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea!
Again a voice came to him, a second time: “What God has made clean, you must not consider unholy.”
One person has faith to eat anything, but the weak eats only vegetables.
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything by which your brother stumbles.
For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
I am sure of this very thing—that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Messiah Yeshua.
To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled.