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Romans 14:11Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:11 Cor 8:7-131 Cor 9:22Rom 15:7Rom 14:211 Cor 3:1-2Isa 35:3-4Isa 40:11Luke 17:2Matt 10:40-42
Romans 14:22One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 4:4Prov 15:17Rom 14:14Gal 2:12Rom 14:22-23Gen 9:31 Cor 10:25Heb 13:9Titus 1:15Heb 9:10
Romans 14:33The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:10Col 2:16-17Luke 18:91 Cor 10:29-30Rom 14:13Acts 10:341 Cor 8:11-13Acts 10:44Matt 11:18-19Matt 18:10
Romans 14:44Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:11-12Rom 9:20Rom 8:31-39Jude 1:241 Cor 4:4-5John 10:28-30Ps 37:24Heb 7:25Rom 14:3Deut 33:27-29
Romans 14:55One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 2:16-17Gal 4:9-10Rom 14:231 Cor 8:71 John 3:19-21Rom 14:141 Cor 8:11
Romans 14:66The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:30-311 Tim 4:3-5Exod 12:42Matt 14:19Matt 15:36Exod 12:14Exod 16:25Gal 4:10Isa 58:5John 6:28
Romans 14:77For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:22 Cor 5:151 Cor 6:19-201 Thess 5:10Titus 2:14Gal 2:19-20Phil 1:20-24Rom 14:9
Romans 14:88If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 1:201 Thess 5:10Acts 21:131 Cor 15:23Rev 14:13Phil 2:17Acts 13:36Acts 20:241 Cor 3:22-231 Thess 4:14-18
Romans 14:99For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 1:18Luke 24:26Heb 12:2John 5:22-231 Pet 1:211 Pet 4:52 Tim 4:1Acts 10:42Eph 1:20-23Matt 28:18
Romans 14:1010But you who eat vegetables only—why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything—why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:101 Cor 4:5Eccl 12:14Rom 2:16Rom 14:3-4John 5:22Matt 25:31-32Acts 10:42Jude 1:14-15Acts 4:11
Romans 14:1111For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:22-25Phil 2:10-11Ps 72:11Rom 10:91 John 4:15Matt 10:32Isa 49:18Rom 15:9Num 14:21Rev 5:14
Romans 14:1212Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:361 Pet 4:5Matt 16:27Gal 6:5Eccl 11:9Luke 16:2Matt 18:23-35
Romans 14:1313Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:31 Cor 8:9-13Jas 4:11Luke 17:2Jas 2:4Rom 14:10Rom 16:17Isa 57:14Luke 12:57Matt 7:1
Romans 14:1414I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 1:151 Tim 4:4Rom 14:21 Cor 8:7Acts 10:14-15Acts 11:8-91 Cor 8:10Acts 10:281 Cor 10:25Rom 14:20
Romans 14:1515For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:11-12Gal 5:13Phil 2:2-41 Cor 13:4-5Rom 14:201 Cor 8:1Eph 5:2Rom 15:21 Cor 13:1Ezek 13:22
Romans 14:1616Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:29-301 Thess 5:22Rom 12:172 Cor 8:20-21
Romans 14:1717For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:33Rom 15:131 Cor 4:201 Cor 8:8Gal 5:22Rom 8:61 Thess 2:12Dan 2:44John 3:3Phil 3:9
Romans 14:1818For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:211 Pet 2:201 Pet 2:52 Cor 5:111 Thess 1:3-41 Cor 7:221 Pet 3:161 Tim 2:31 Tim 5:42 Cor 4:2
Romans 14:1919So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:29Rom 12:18Ps 34:14Rom 15:2Heb 12:141 Thess 5:11-122 Cor 13:11Col 3:12-15Mark 9:50Matt 5:9
Romans 14:2020Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:14-15Matt 18:6Titus 1:15Acts 10:151 Cor 10:31-331 Cor 6:12-13Rom 14:211 Tim 4:3-5Matt 15:111 Cor 8:8-13
Romans 14:2121It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:13Rom 14:13Rom 15:1-2Luke 17:1-2Mal 2:8Matt 16:23Matt 18:7-10Heb 12:13Phil 1:10Rev 2:14
Romans 14:2222The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:21Rom 14:5Jas 3:13Gal 6:1Rom 14:23Rom 14:14Rom 14:22 Cor 1:12Acts 24:16Rom 7:15
Romans 14:2323But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:6Titus 1:151 Cor 11:29-311 Cor 8:7Rom 14:5Rom 13:2
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