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Romans 14:21

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[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

It is good {G2570} neither {G3361} to eat {G5315} flesh {G2907}, nor {G3366} to drink {G4095} wine {G3631}, nor {G3366} any thing whereby {G1722}{G3739} thy {G4675} brother {G80} stumbleth {G4350}, or {G2228} is offended {G4624}, or {G2228} is made weak {G770}.

What is good is not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 8:13 (9 votes)

    Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

  • Romans 14:13 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 15:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • Romans 15:2 (4 votes)

    Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.

  • Matthew 16:23 (3 votes)

    But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

  • Matthew 18:7 (3 votes)

    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

  • Matthew 18:10 (3 votes)

    Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.