Study it in the app“For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not by your food destroy that one for whom the Messiah died.”
Forγὰρifεἰbecause ofδιὰfoodβρῶμαyour brotherὁ ἀδελφός σουis grieved,λυπεῖταιyou are no longerοὐκέτιwalkingπεριπατεῖςaccording toκατὰlove.ἀγάπηνDo notμὴby your foodτῷ βρώματί σουdestroyἀπόλλυεthat oneἐκεῖνονforὑπὲρwhomοὗthe MessiahΧριστὸςdied.ἀπέθανεν
food
Food.
Where else “brōma” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphos” appearsgrieve
Make sad; be sad, grieve.
Where else “lypeitai” appearslive
To live in a certain way: "walk in love".
Where else “peripateis” appearslove
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appearsdestroy
To do away with someone or something: take a life or ruin it.
Where else “apollye” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appearsdie
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears14I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is profane in itself, except to the one who considers anything to be profane; to that one it is profane.
15 · This verse (above)
16So your good must not be slandered.
1. What it says
What differences are there among believers about eating and about days, and what does Paul ask of each side? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness, peace and joy? (v. 17)
3. How I live it
With whom do you differ on non-essential things? How can you pursue what leads to peace with that person? (v. 19)
