ROM 14:22 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Σύ
2. su
3. You
4. -
5. 47710
6. R···2N·S
7. you
8. you
9. S
10. Y60
11. 111742
1. πίστιν
2. pistis
3. +the faith
4. faith
5. 41020
6. N····AFS
7. ˓the˒ faith
8. ˓the˒ faith
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111743
1. ἥν
2. hos
3. which
4. -
5. 37390
6. R····AFS
7. which
8. which
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111744
1. ἔχεις
2. eχō
3. are having
4. -
5. 21920
6. VIPA2··S
7. ˓are˒ having
8. ˓are˒ having
9. -
10. Y60; R110993
11. 111745
1. κατά
2. kata
3. to
4. -
5. 25960
6. P·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111746
1. σεαυτόν
2. seautou
3. yourself
4. -
5. 45720
6. R···2AMS
7. yourself
8. yourself
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111747
1. ἔχε
2. eχō
3. be having
4. -
5. 21920
6. VMPA2··S
7. ˓be˒ having
8. ˓be˒ having
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111748
1. ἐνώπιον
2. enōpion
3. before
4. before
5. 17990
6. P·······
7. before
8. before
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111749
1. τοῦ
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····GMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111750
1. Θεοῦ
2. theos
3. god
4. -
5. 23160
6. N····GMS
7. god
8. God
9. GN
10. Y60; Person=God
11. 111751
1. Μακάριος
2. makarios
3. Blessed is
4. -
5. 31070
6. S····NMS
7. blessed ‹is›
8. blessed ‹is›
9. S
10. Y60
11. 111752
1. ὁ
2. ho
3. the one
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····NMS
7. the ‹one›
8. the ‹one›
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111753
1. μή
2. mē
3. not
4. -
5. 33610
6. D·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111754
1. κρίνων
2. krinō
3. judging
4. -
5. 29190
6. VPPA·NMS
7. judging
8. judging
9. -
10. Y60; F111759
11. 111755
1. ἑαυτόν
2. heautou
3. himself
4. -
5. 14380
6. R···3AMS
7. himself
8. himself
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111756
1. ἐν
2. en
3. in
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111757
1. ᾧ
2. hos
3. what
4. -
5. 37390
6. R····DNS
7. what
8. what
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111758
1. δοκιμάζει
2. dokimazō
3. he is approving
4. -
5. 13810
6. VIPA3··S
7. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ approving
8. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ approving
9. -
10. Y60; R111755
11. 111759

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 14:13–23: Do not cause others to sin

In this section, Paul told the believers in Rome to stop considering some of their fellow believers as bad people. Instead they should choose not to hinder them. He told them that God does not consider any kind of food or any other kind of thing as not acceptable, but people who think that that food or thing is unacceptable, they should not eat it or use it. But those who find those things acceptable, they should not hurt the faith of those who find those things unacceptable. Righteousness, peace, and joy are the important things in God’s kingdom, not what you eat or drink. God is pleased when those who follow Jesus live in that way.

Paul encouraged the believers to do things that bring peace and encouragement for each other. They are not to hurt other believers over what they eat. They are not to cause other believers to stumble in their faith because of what they eat. Foods that might cause problems for other believers are to be eaten privately. A believer should not eat food if he has doubts about whether he should eat it or not. Everything that is not done in faith is sin.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Do Not Cause Another to Stumble (ESV)

Don’t Cause Problems for Others (CEV)

14:22a

Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God.

The beliefs that you have/hold, they are for you to have/hold before God.
What you believe about those things, only you and God need to talk about it/them.

Keep your belief about such matters: There is a textual issue in 14:22a: (1) Some Greek manuscripts have a word that is often translated as which (BSB, RSV, NIV, GNT, NJB, NASB, NABRE, ESV, REB, NLT, GW, NET, NCV). (2) Some Greek manuscripts omit this word (KJV only). It is recommended that you follow option (1). Here the Greek is more literally “Keep your belief.” The word belief refers to faith or deeply held views about such things as what food to eat or whether one should follow the OT rules or not.See Moo (page 861) or Jewett (page 870). In some languages a literal translation would have the wrong meaning. If that is true in your language, you may want to:

Explain it in your translation, as the BSB does. For example:
Keep your faith/beliefs in those things that you have
Your beliefs about these things (NCV)
Translate the literal meaning and explain it in a footnote. Here is an example footnote:
Here the word “belief” refers to the things someone believes about such things as what food to eat or whether one should follow the OT rules or not.

between yourself and God: This command indicates that a believer should not share his beliefs about what to eat and so forth. It implies that believer should not cause problems by what he says or does with other believers who have different beliefs about those things. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

have as your own conviction before God (NASB)

we can hold in our heart that belief of ours in front of GodUma Back Translation on TW.

it should only be you (pl) and God who are the ones who know itYakan Back Translation on TW.

14:22b

Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

The person who does not condemn himself for the things he has decided are good/right to do, he is blessed.
When believers have decided certain deeds are right/acceptable to do and do not condemn themselves when they do those deeds, God has blessed/favored them.

Blessed: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Blessed describes a person who is in a good situation. In the Bible, the good situation results from God showing favor/kindness to the person. It includes the inner happiness a person feels when God forgives him and accepts him. See how you translated this word in 4:7.

the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves: The Greek is more literally “the one not judging himself in what he approves.” It indicates that this person does not cause himself to be condemned because he does what he considers to be good things. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves (NIV11)

those who have no reason to condemn themselves because of what they approve (NRSV)

they can do what they think is right without feeling guilty (NCV)

condemn: Here this phrase refers to acting as a judge. In this context it suggests condemning someone as having done evil. See how you translated this phrase in 14:3 or 14:13 (BSB: “judge”).

approves: Here this word refers to thinking about something and deciding it is good or acceptable. Here it includes, for example, decisions about eating certain foods or not. Here are other ways to translate this word:

judge is right (GNT)

they have decided is right (NLT)

he has decided is the right thing for him to doKankanaey Back Translation on TW.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

σὺ πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Σύ πίστιν ἥν ἔχεις κατά σεαυτόν ἔχε ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ Μακάριος ὁ μή κρίνων ἑαυτόν ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [The things that you yourself believe]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

σὺ πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις

Here, faith refers to what Christians believe that God permits them to do, as mentioned in [14:1–6](../14/01.md). If it might be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [The beliefs that your yourself have about what God permits you do to]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

σὺ & ἔχεις & σεαυτὸν

Even though Paul is writing to a group of people, you and yourself here are singular. If the singular form would not be natural in your language for someone who was speaking to a group of people, you could use the plural form of you in your translation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ σεαυτὸν ἔχε ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

This clause refers to keeping one’s beliefs between oneself and God, rather than telling other people about them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [keep it between yourself and God] or [keep it between you and God]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

before ¬the God

Here Paul speaks of people keeping what they believe before God as if they were standing in front of God. Paul means that people should keep private their beliefs about what God permits them to do, as if God is the only one who knows about those beliefs. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and God]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ μὴ κρίνων ἑαυτὸν

the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Σύ πίστιν ἥν ἔχεις κατά σεαυτόν ἔχε ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ Μακάριος ὁ μή κρίνων ἑαυτόν ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει)

Here, judge refers to feeling guilty or condemning oneself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [is the one who does not feel guilty]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἑαυτὸν ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει

Although the terms himself and he are masculine, Paul is using the words here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: [oneself in what one approves]

ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει

in what ˱he˲_˓is˒_approving

Alternate translation: [with respect to what he approves] or [in regard to what he approves]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. You
2. -
3. 47710
4. S
5. su
6. R-···2N·S
7. you
8. you
9. S
10. Y60
11. 111742
1. +the faith
2. faith
3. 41020
5. pistis
6. N-····AFS
7. ˓the˒ faith
8. ˓the˒ faith
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111743
1. which
2. -
3. 37390
5. hos
6. R-····AFS
7. which
8. which
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111744
1. are having
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-IPA2··S
7. ˓are˒ having
8. ˓are˒ having
9. -
10. Y60; R110993
11. 111745
1. to
2. -
3. 25960
5. kata
6. P-·······
7. to
8. to
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111746
1. yourself
2. -
3. 45720
5. seautou
6. R-···2AMS
7. yourself
8. yourself
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111747
1. be having
2. -
3. 21920
5. eχō
6. V-MPA2··S
7. ˓be˒ having
8. ˓be˒ having
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111748
1. before
2. before
3. 17990
5. enōpion
6. P-·······
7. before
8. before
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111749
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····GMS
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111750
1. god
2. -
3. 23160
4. GN
5. theos
6. N-····GMS
7. god
8. God
9. GN
10. Y60; Person=God
11. 111751
1. Blessed is
2. -
3. 31070
4. S
5. makarios
6. S-····NMS
7. blessed ‹is›
8. blessed ‹is›
9. S
10. Y60
11. 111752
1. the one
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-····NMS
7. the ‹one›
8. the ‹one›
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111753
1. not
2. -
3. 33610
5. mē
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111754
1. judging
2. -
3. 29190
5. krinō
6. V-PPA·NMS
7. judging
8. judging
9. -
10. Y60; F111759
11. 111755
1. himself
2. -
3. 14380
5. heautou
6. R-···3AMS
7. himself
8. himself
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111756
1. in
2. -
3. 17220
5. en
6. P-·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111757
1. what
2. -
3. 37390
5. hos
6. R-····DNS
7. what
8. what
9. -
10. Y60
11. 111758
1. he is approving
2. -
3. 13810
5. dokimazō
6. V-IPA3··S
7. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ approving
8. ˱he˲ ˓is˒ approving
9. -
10. Y60; R111755
11. 111759

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear ROM 14:22

SR Greek word order

Section 14:13–23: Do not cause others to sin

14:22a

14:22b

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)