20Overthrow 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.


In Context

17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.

19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

20 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.

21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

22 The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.

Romans 14:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil to that man who eats while stumbling in doing so.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:20Overthrow 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20For the sake of food, destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense.