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Romans 14:21
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19 aTherefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which bone may edify another.  
20 aDo not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. bAll things indeed are pure, cbut it is evil for the man who eats with1 offense.  
21 It is good neither to eat ameat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles1 or is offended or is made weak.  
22 1Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. aHappy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.  
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for awhatever is not from faith is sin. 
Verse Comparison: Romans 14:21

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American Standard Version
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor `to do anything' whereby thy brother stumbleth.

Amplified® Bible
The right thing is to eat no meat or drink no wine [at all], or [do anything else] if it makes your brother stumble {or} hurts his conscience {or} offends or weakens him.

Contemporary English Version
It is best not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else that causes problems for other followers of the Lord.

Darby English Version
[It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.

Good News Bible
The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.

International Standard Version
The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble or become upset or weak.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or {to do anything} by which your brother stumbles.

New International Version
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.

New King James Version
It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It shows good sense not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

Young's Literal Translation
Right `it is' not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to `do anything' in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.


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