This verse is often misinterpreted as endorsing universalism, implying all people will be saved regardless of faith, whereas it actually warns of inevitable accountability and judgment before God; others misuse it to demand immediate earthly submission or coercion, ignoring its call for voluntary personal conviction and non-judgmental unity among believers on secondary issues, or detach it from Romans 14's focus on edifying the church through love rather than division.
Romans 14:11
King James Version (1769)
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11 affirms the ultimate sovereignty of God, quoting Isaiah 45:23 to declare that every knee will bow and every tongue confess to Him, emphasizing personal accountability before God's judgment seat in the context of Christian liberty, urging believers not to judge one another over disputable matters like food or holy days but to live in peace and mutual respect, recognizing that each will stand individually before the Lord.