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Romans 14:19-23 GW
(19) So let's pursue those things which bring peace and which are good for each other. (20) Don't ruin God's work because of what you eat. All food is acceptable, but it's wrong for a person to eat something if it causes someone else to have doubts. (21) The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that causes another Christian to have doubts. (22) So whatever you believe about these things, keep it between yourself and God. The person who does what he knows is right shouldn't feel guilty. He is blessed. (23) But if a person has doubts and still eats, he is condemned because he didn't act in faith. Anything that is not done in faith is sin.

Romans 14:19-23 GNB
(19) So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another. (20) Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin. (21) The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall. (22) Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do something they judge is right! (23) But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin.

Romans 14:19-23 CEV
(19) We should try to live at peace and help each other have a strong faith. (20) Don't let your appetite destroy what God has done. All foods are fit to eat, but it is wrong to cause problems for others by what you eat. (21) It is best not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else that causes problems for other followers of the Lord. (22) What you believe about these things should be kept between you and God. You are fortunate, if your actions don't make you have doubts. (23) But if you do have doubts about what you eat, you are going against your beliefs. And you know that is wrong, because anything you do against your beliefs is sin.

Romans 14:19-23 NWT
19 So, then, let us pursue the things making for peace and the things that are upbuilding to one another. 20 Stop tearing down the work of God just for the sake of food. True, all things are clean, but it is injurious to the man who with an occasion for stumbling eats. 21 It is well not to eat flesh or to drink wine or do anything over which your brother stumbles. 22 The faith that you have, have it in accord with yourself in the sight of God. Happy is the man that does not put himself on judgment by what he approves. 23 But if he has doubts, he is already condemned if he eats, because [he does] not [eat] out of faith. Indeed, everything that is not out of faith is sin.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - King James Version

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible YLT - Young's Literal Translation