WHATEVER is not of faith is sin

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TonyChanYT

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Does the word "whatever" apply to all things universally or only to some things like foods and holy days?

Let's see the context, Romans 14:

2One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
This concerns food.

5One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
This is about holy days.

10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister?
This concerns freedom of conscience among brothers and sisters.

22 So whatever you believe about these things
These things point to food and holy days.

keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith;
So far so good, but then from food and holy days, Paul seems to be making an inductive step next:

and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
What does "everything" here include?

"Everything" refers to universally anything that a believer can freely choose to do or not to do. For disputable matters, it is up to the believer's faithful conscience. This is consistent with Hebrews 11:

6 Without faith it is impossible to please him.
 

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Colossians 2
16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

Amen Jesus, I won't!
 
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