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Romans 14:3

WEB

3Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

KJV

3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

BSB

3The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

FBV

3[+] Those who eat anything must not look down on those who won't, and those who won't eat must not criticize those who dofor God has accepted them both.

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Extra References

Romans 14:10

10But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.


Colossians 2:16-17

16Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, 17which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.


Luke 18:9

9He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:


1 Corinthians 10:29-30

29Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience? 30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for something I give thanks for?


Romans 14:13

13Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.


Acts 10:34

34Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;


Matthew 7:1-2

1“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.


Matthew 11:18-19

18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”


Romans 14:21

21It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.


1 Corinthians 8:11-13

11And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.