Romans 14:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.”
Romans 14:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 14:2019 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 14:20
“For meat destroy not the work of God.” Giving this name to the salvation of a brother, and adding greatly to the fears, and showing that he is doing the opposite of that he desires. For thou, he says, art so far from building up as you intend, that you dost even destroy, and that a building too not of man but of God, and not for any great end either, but for a trivial thing. For it was “for meat,” he says. Then lest so many indulgences should confirm the weaker brother in…
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