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It isgoodκαλὸνnotτὸ μὴto eatφαγεῖνmeatκρέαorμηδὲto drinkπιεῖνwineοἶνονorμηδὲto do anythingbyἐνwhichᾧyour brotherὁ ἀδελφός σουstumblesπροσκόπτειorἢfalls awayσκανδαλίζεταιorἢis weak.ἀσθενεῖ
Romans 14:21
Study it in the app“It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything by which your brother stumbles or falls away or is weak.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 14:21, word by word
- goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- to eatφαγεῖνphagein
eat
Eat.
Where else “phagein” appears- meatκρέαkrea
meat
Meat, flesh for eating.
Where else “krea” appears- to drinkπιεῖνpiein
drink
To take water, wine or another liquid by mouth.
Where else “piein” appears- wineοἶνονoinon
wine
Wine.
Where else “oinon” appears- your brotherἀδελφόςadelphos
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphos” appears- stumblesπροσκόπτειproskoptei
stumble
To trip and fall; fall through unbelief.
Where else “proskoptei” appears- falls awayσκανδαλίζεταιskandalizetai
take offense
To trip up, drift away, or be offended.
Where else “skandalizetai” appears- is weakἀσθενεῖasthenei
be weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “asthenei” appears
The context
20Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things are indeed clean, but it is evil for the person who eats with stumbling.
21 · This verse (above)
22The faith that you have, keep to yourself before God. Happy is the one who does not judge himself in what he approves.
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)