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Soοὖνyourὑμῶνgoodτὸ ἀγαθόνmust notμὴbe slandered.βλασφημείσθω
Romans 14:16
Study it in the app“So your good must not be slandered.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 14:16, word by word
- goodἀγαθόνagathon
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathon” appears- be slanderedβλασφημείσθωblasphēmeisthō
slander
To revile a person.
Where else “blasphēmeisthō” appears
The context
15For 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
To study Romans 14 in a group
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)