Romans 14:11

Judgment Praise and worship Jesus Christ

⁹ For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

¹⁰ But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

¹² So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

¹³ Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
KJV: For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
WEB: For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”
ASV: For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.
DARBY: For it is written, *I* live, saith [the] Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.
BLB: For it has been written: “[As] I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will confess to God.”

ÅB: For det er skrevet: «Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, for meg skal hvert kne bøye seg, og hver tunge skal prise Gud.»[^1]
OTB: Som det står skrevet:
"'Så sant jeg lever,' sier Herren,
'skal hvert kne bøye seg for meg;
hver tunge skal anerkjenne Gud.'"
B1930: For det er skrevet: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, for mig skal hvert kne bøie sig, og hver tunge skal prise Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 45:22–25
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Philippians 2:10–11
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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Psalms 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
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Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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Matthew 10:32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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1 John 4:15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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Isaiah 49:18
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
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Romans 15:9
And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
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