Romans 14:3
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
- KJV
- Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
- WEB
- Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
- ASV
- Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
- DARBY
- Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
- BLB
- The one eating, let him not despise the one not eating; and the one not eating, let him not judge the one eating, for God received him.
- ÅB
- Den som spiser, skal ikke forakte den som ikke spiser, og den som ikke spiser, skal ikke dømme den som spiser. For Gud har tatt seg av ham.
- OTB
- Den som spiser alt, skal ikke se ned på den som ikke gjør det, og den som avstår fra å spise, skal ikke dømme den som spiser, for Gud har akseptert dem.
- B1930
- den som eter, ringeakte ikke den som ikke eter, og den som ikke eter, dømme ikke den som eter! for Gud har jo tatt sig av ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 14:10
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.
Read in contextColossians 2:16–17
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Read in contextLuke 18:9
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Read in contextRomans 14:13
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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:29–30
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
Read in contextActs 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Read in contextMatthew 11:18–19
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Read in contextMatthew 7:1–2
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
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