Romans 14:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

Thy brother

Ezekiel 13:22

1 Corinthians 8:12

Now

Destroy

1 Corinthians 8:11

2 Peter 2:1

1 John 2:2

General references

Bible References

Thy brother

This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Now

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

Destroy

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

General references

"Tell the Israelites: 'This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.

Everything you do should be done in love.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law.

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,