Romans 14:20 Cross References - Lamsa

²⁰ And let us not, because of food, destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is wrong for the man who eats with offence.

¹¹ It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles man; but what goes out of the mouth, that is what defiles man.

⁶ And whoever misleads one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that an assÆ millstone were hanged on his neck and he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

¹⁵ And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean.

¹⁴ For I know, and I have confidence in the LORD Jesus, that nothing unclean comes from him: but to him who believes a thing to be unclean, to him only is it unclean. ¹⁵ But now if you have caused your brother to grieve on account of meat, then you are not living in harmony. Do not make food a cause to destroy a man for whose sake Christ died.

²¹ It is better that we neither eat meat nor drink wine nor do any other thing whereby we cause our brother to stumble.

¹² All things are lawful for me, but all things are not advisable for me: indeed all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any. ¹³ Food is for the belly, and the belly for food: but God will do away with both of them. Now the body is not meant for fornication, but for our LORD; and our LORD for the body.

⁸ But meat does not bring us closer to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither if we do not eat, are we the worse. ⁹ But be careful lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if any one should see you, who has knowledge, at table in the temple of idols, shall not the conscience of him who is weak encourage him to eat that which is sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ So the one who is weak and for whom Christ died will be lost through your indifference. ¹² And if you offend your brothers, and so influence their weak conscience, you also offend Christ. ¹³ Therefore if meat causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat, so that I may not cause my brother to offend.

³¹ Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Give no offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Syrians, nor to the church of God; ³³ Just as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

¹⁰ For we are his creation, created through Jesus Christ ultimately for good works, which God has before ordained that we should live in them.

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun the good work among you, the same will continue it until the day of our LORD Jesus Christ:

³ Who prohibit marriage, and demand abstinence from foods which God has created for use and thanksgiving of those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For all things created by God are good, nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, ⁵ For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

¹⁵ To the pure, all things are pure: but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and faithless; even their mind and conscience is defiled.