Romans Chapter 14 verse 20 Holy Bible
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.
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Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
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For 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].
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For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
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Don'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.
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for 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.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Destroy not.--A different word from that employed in Romans 14:15. It is the correlative and opposite of "edify," and means to "unbuild" or "pull down."The work of God.--The fabric which the grace of God has begun, and which the edification of Christians by each other may help to raise in the soul; the gradual formation of a truly Christian character, both spiritual and moral.For that man who eateth with offence.--It seems, on the whole, best (though the other view is taken) to refer the "eating" here to the strong in faith, and the "offence" to that which his eating causes to the weaker brethren. The force of the preposition is that his eating is attended with offence.Parallel Commentaries ...Greek{Do} notμὴ (mē)AdverbStrong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.destroyκατάλυε (katalye)Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularStrong's 2647: From kata and luo; to loosen down, i.e. to demolish; specially to halt for the night.theτὸ (to)Article - Accusative Neuter SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.workἔργον (ergon)Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularStrong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.of GodΘεοῦ (Theou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.for the sake ofἕνεκεν (heneken)PrepositionStrong's 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of.food.βρώματος (brōmatos)Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularStrong's 1033: Food of any kind. From the base of bibrosko; food, especially articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law.All [food is]πάντα (panta)Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralStrong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.clean,καθαρά (kathara)Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralStrong's 2513: Clean.butἀλλὰ (alla)ConjunctionStrong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.[it is] wrongκακὸν (kakon)Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularStrong's 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.for a manἀνθρώπῳ (anthrōpō)Noun - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.to let his eating beἐσθίοντι (esthionti)Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.a stumbling block.προσκόμματος (proskommatos)Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularStrong's 4348: A stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment. From proskopto; a stub, i.e. occasion of apostasy.Jump to PreviousAccount Block Causes Clean Creates Destroy Eat Eateth Eating Eats Evil Fall Food Gives God's Hard However Indeed Makes Meat Offence Offense Others Overthrow Pure Sake Snare Someone Stumble Stumbling Tear Throwing Work Wrong
