Romans 14:2
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For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs.

that.

Romans 14:14 I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

1 Corinthians 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat: asking no question for conscience' sake.

Galatians 2:12 For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.

1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

Titus 1:15 All things are clean to the clean: but to them that are defiled and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Hebrews 9:10 And divers washings and justices of the flesh laid on them until the time of correction.

Hebrews 13:9 Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats: which have not profited those that walk in them.

another.

Romans 14:22,23 Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth. . . .

eateth.

Genesis 1:29 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:

Genesis 9:3 And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:

Proverbs 15:17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Daniel 1:12,16 Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for ten days, and let pulse be given us to eat, and water to drink: . . .

Context
The Law of Liberty
1Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts. 2For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs. 3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not, let him not judge him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him.…
Cross References
Romans 14:1
Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

Romans 14:14
I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Romans 14:20
Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Romans 15:1
Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:9
But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.

1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.

Lexicon
For
μὲν (men)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3303: A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de.

one [man]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

has faith
πιστεύει (pisteuei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

to eat
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

all things,
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

while
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

another,
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

who is weak,
ἀσθενῶν (asthenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 770: To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.

eats
ἐσθίει (esthiei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.

[only] vegetables.
λάχανα (lachana)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3001: An herb, garden plant, vegetable. From lachaino; a vegetable.


Additional Translations
For one man has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

Indeed, one believes to eat all things; but the one being weak eats vegetables.

For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs.

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs.

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;
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