◄ Romans 14:16 ►
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Good News Translation
Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.

New Revised Standard Version
So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let your right to eat bring shame to Christ.

New American Bible
So do not let your good be reviled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let not then our good be evil spoken of.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let not then our good be evil spoken of.

Romans 12:17 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men.

1 Corinthians 10:29,30 Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience? . . .

2 Corinthians 8:20,21 Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.

Context
The Law of Love
…15For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16Let not then our good be evil spoken of. 17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.…
Cross References
Ruth 3:14
So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.

1 Corinthians 10:29
Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:30
If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Romans 14:15
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