Romans 14:22-23
What is written? (ESV)
The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
What does it say?
Keep your faith between yourself and God and blessed is the one who does not condemn himself for what he approves. But if you have doubts (think God doesn’t approve), you’re condemned in eating, since you are not acting by faith. Proceeding in anything not by faith is sin.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome and a section dealing with disagreements on matters of opinion with those “weak in faith” (vs 1). He illustrates with things that can be eaten (vs 2) and days that might be celebrated (vs 5). His concluding point is, “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother” (vs 13) and again in this passage.
How Romans 14:22-23 is applied across Bible answers
What is sin?
If a believer acts or behaves in a way that he believes may not be authorized by God, he is sinning...even if God has not actually condemned it.
