Romans 14:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

For

1 Corinthians 10:31

The work

Ephesians 2:10

Philippians 1:6

All

Titus 1:15

General references

Philippians 2:4

Bible References

For

For, if because of your food your brother is aggrieved, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.

But whosoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a large millstone be hanged about his neck, and he be sunk in the depth of the sea.

All things are lawful for me; but all are not profitable. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the control of any.

But food will not commend us to God; neither, if we eat not, are we lacking; nor, if we eat, do we abound.

Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God,

The work

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

having become persuaded of this very thing, that He Who began in you a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ;

All

I know, and have been persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: except that to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man."

And a voice came to him again, a second time, "What God cleansed, count not common."

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.

To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience have become defiled.

General references

not looking each to his own things, but each also to the things of others.