Verse 20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for mat. Alle ting er i sannhet rene, men det er ondt for den mannen som spiser med anstøt.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent; men det er dårlig for den som snubler i sitt spisende.

• Norsk King James

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er i sannhet rent; men det er ondt for den som spiser med anstøt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent, men det er galt for et menneske å spise noe som får andre til å snuble.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Bryt ikke ned Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er vel rent; men det er ondt for det menneske som eter med anstøt.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent, men det er ondt for et menneske å spise noe som bringer andre til fall.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er virkelig rent, men det er ondt for den som spiser til anstøt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For maten ødelegger ikke Guds verk. Alt er visst rent, men den som spiser på en måte som skaper anstøt, gjør noe ondt.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Riktignok er alt rent, men det er ondt for det mennesket som spiser med anstøt.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Riktignok er alt rent, men det er ondt for det mennesket som spiser med anstøt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent, men det er ondt for det menneske som spiser og blir en snublestein.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk på grunn av mat. Alt er rent, men det er ondt for det mennesket som spiser noe som får ham til å snuble.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nedbryd ikke Guds Gjerning for Mads Skyld. Alt er vel reent, men det er ondt for det Menneske, som æder med (Samvittigheds) Anstød.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For meat desty not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ikke gjør Guds verk til intet for matens skyld. Alle ting er rene, men det er ondt for den som spiser med dårlig samvittighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ikke ødelegg Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent, men det er ondt for den som ved sitt spisevaner gjør at et menneske snubler.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For maten skyld skal du ikke ødelegge Guds verk; alt er virkelig rent, men det er ondt for den som spiser og lar seg lede til fall.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Riv ikke ned Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er i sannhet rent, men det er ondt for den som spiser med anstøt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ødelegg ikke Guds verk for matens skyld. Alt er rent, men det er ondt for den som ved å spise støter en annen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Destroye not ye worke of god for a lytell meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is evyll for that man which eateth with hurte of his conscience.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Destroye not ye worke of God for eny meates sake. All thinges truly are cleane, but it is euell for yt ma, which eateth wt hurte of his coscience

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, `are' pure, but evil `is' to the man who is eating through stumbling.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if your brother is grieved with your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
• Acts 10:15 : 15 And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, do not call common.
• Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
• 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
• Matt 15:11 : 11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
• Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
• Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
• 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
• 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better, nor if we do not eat are we worse. 9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols? 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.
• 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ: