Romans 14:22
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
- KJV
- Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
- WEB
- Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
- ASV
- The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.
- DARBY
- Hast *thou* faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Blessed [is] he who does not judge himself in what he allows.
- BLB
- The faith that you have, have [it] to yourself before God. Blessed [is] the one not judging himself in what he approves.
- ÅB
- Den tro du har, ha den for deg selv, for Gud! Salig er den som ikke dømmer seg selv i det han velger.
- OTB
- Så hva du enn tror om disse tingene, hold mellom deg selv og Gud. Salig er den som ikke fordømmer seg selv ved det de godkjenner.
- B1930
- Du har tro? Ha den hos dig selv, for Gud! Salig er den som ikke dømmer sig selv i det han velger;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
Read in contextRomans 14:5
One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Read in contextJames 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Read in contextGalatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Read in contextRomans 14:23
But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
Read in contextRomans 14:14
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
Read in contextRomans 14:2
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:12
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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