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Romans 14:4
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall beholden up; for God is able to make him stand.
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall beholden up; for God is able to make him stand.
ROMANS 14:4 ku,rioj {A} Instead of ku,rioj, which is strongly supported by î46 a A B C P Y copsa, bo goth arm eth _al,_ several uncials and many minuscules read qeo,j...
Verse Romans 14:4. _WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN'S SERVANT?_] Who has ever given thee the right to condemn the servant of another man, in things pertaining to his own master? _To his own_ _ma...
WHO ART THOU ... - That is, who gave you this right to sit in judgment on others; compare Luke 12:14. There is reference here particularly to the “Jew,” who on account of his ancient privileges, and b...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Strong and Weak Brethren are the Lord's Servants. (Romans 14:1 .)_ 2. The True Way of Love. (Romans 14:13 .) Romans 14:1 The question concerning brethren who were weak in faith, how...
A LESSON IN TOLERATION. A special homily for Rome (Romans 14:1 to Romans 15:13) follows the comprehensive exhortation of chs. 12 f. Some ascetic circle in the Roman Church (p. 650), led perhaps by Jew...
RESPECT FOR SCRUPLES (Romans 14:1) _ 14:1 Welcome the man who is weak in the faith, but not with a view to passing judgment on his scruples._ In this chapter Paul is dealing with what may have been...
One man has enough faith to believe that he can eat anything; but he who is weak in the faith eats vegetables. Let not him who eats contemptuously despise him who does not eat; and let not him who doe...
ANOTHER MAN'S. App-124. SERVANT. household servant. See Luke 16:13. App-190. MASTER. Greek. _kurios._ App-98. YEA. But. HOLDEN UP. made to stand. GOD. The texts read "the Lord"....
The question has been much debated whether the observance of the Sabbath was one of the tenets of the "weak brethren," and so whether it is here ruled by St Paul to be not of permanent moral obligatio...
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
ΣῪ ΤΊΣ ΕἾ Κ.Τ.Λ.: the tables are turned: in judging him as a sinner thou art committing a sin of presumption, in judging one who is not accountable to thee. For the dramatic form, cf. 1 Corinthians 4:...
ΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΚΡΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить. ΆΛΛΌΤΡΙΟΣ (G245) принадлежащий другому, чужой, ΟΊΚΈΤΗΣ (G3610) раб, слуга, ΊΔΊΩ _dat. sing. от_'ΊΔΙΟ...
STANDETH OR FALLETH, &C.— _Falleth_ is here used in the destructive sense, and signifies being totally cast off. Comp. ch. Romans 11:11. Dr. Whitby explains the last clause, of God's convincing the Je...
_TEXT_ Romans 14:1-12. But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. Romans 14:2 One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs. Romans 14:3 Let n...
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN'S (R...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 1 Fellowship among God's saints should not be based on knowledge or ignorance. God receives us even when we are feeble in faith. We should not cut from our fellowship on...
14:4 servant (e-7) _ Oiketes_ , as in 1 Peter 2:18 , 'household servants,' not necessarily slaves....
GOD] RV 'the Lord,' i.e. Christ....
THE DUTY OF SYMPATHY AND TOLERATION In chapter Romans 13:12 St. Paul urged his readers, by their expectation of Christ's coming, to avoid the licence and immorality of the heathen. Now he turns to th...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 CHRISTIAN FREEDOM 14:1-12 V1 Accept people whose *faith is weak. But do not argue with them about their opinions. V...
WHO ART THOU? — This is addressed to the weak. The Apostle indignantly challenges his right to judge. That right belongs to another tribunal, before which the conduct of the stronger Christian will no...
CHAPTER 29 CHRISTIAN DUTY: MUTUAL TENDERNESS AND TOLERANCE: THE SACREDNESS OF EXAMPLE Romans 14:1 BUT him who is weak-we might almost render, him who suffers from weakness, in his faith (in the sens...
σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἱκέτην; the sharpness of this rebuke (_cf._ Romans 9:20) shows that Paul, with all his love and consideration for the weak, was alive to the possibility of a tyranny of t...
CONSIDERATION TOWARD BRETHREN Romans 14:1 The weak conscience needs further instruction. It is anemic and requires the hilltop, with its further view and bracing air; but in the meantime its owner mu...
The apostle now turned to discussion of some of the difficulties which may arise in the Christian Church. Dealing with the question of the animals sacrificed to idols he laid down a supreme principle...
(5) Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (5) Another reason which depends upon the...
_God hath taken him to him, that eats of any meats; he accounts him his servant, and will reward him as such. --- God is able to make him stand, and will justify him before his tribunal. (Witham)_...
“ _Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall stand; for God is powerful to hold him up._ ” The idea is: It is to the advantage or disadva...
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (5) One man esteemeth one day above another: a...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
4._Who art thou who judgest, etc. _“As you would act uncourteously, yea, and presumptuously among men, were you to bring another man’s servant, under your own rules, and try all his acts by the rule o...
From the beginning of Chapter 14 to the end of Verse 7 in Chapter 15 another point is taken up, to which the different positions of the Jew and Gentile gave rise. It was difficult for a Jew to rid him...
WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN'S SERVANT,.... This is another reason, dissuading from censoriousness and rash judgment, taken from civil things; one man has nothing to do with another man's ser...
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. Ver. 4. _Who art thou, &c._] The wisdom from...
_For one believeth that he may eat all things_ A converted Gentile, who rightly understands his Christian liberty, is firmly persuaded that he may eat any kind of food indifferently, though forbidden...
HIS OWN MASTER; Jesus Christ. HE STANDETH OR FALLETH; he will be approved or condemned, not according to the correctness of his views about the ceremonial law, or outward forms and ceremonies, but ac...
PERSONAL CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD In Romans 12:1 we have seen instruction in many details of moral conduct. In such cases conscience has no liberty to take any stand but that of truth and honor. Just so...
(SEE NOTES UNDER THE CHAPTER HEADING FOR MORE) 1 Receive the weak brother Don't allow his petty ideas to rule the church 2 Strong = Faith that allows greater liberty Weak = Lack of ability to allo...
WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST THE SERVANT OF ANOTHER? TO HIS OWN LORD HE STANDETH OR FALLETH. YEA, HE SHALL BE MADE TO STAND; FOR THE LORD HATH POWER TO MAKE HIM STAND. 'he' -the last person mentioned w...
1-6 Differences of opinion prevailed even among the immediate followers of Christ and their disciples. Nor did St. Paul attempt to end them. Compelled assent to any doctrine, or conformity to outward...
WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN'S SERVANT? TO HIS OWN MASTER HE STANDETH OR FALLETH: a sharp reprehension of the forementioned evil. You have the like: JAMES 4:12. q.d. This phrase is repugnant...
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand. [We must avoid the sacrilegious pre...
Tertullian On Modesty For `to his own lord a man standeth or falleth; who art thou, to judge another's servant? '[25] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book IX : "Who art thou that judgest anot...
Romans 14:4 Who G5101 are G1488 (G5748) you G4771 judge G2919 (G5723) anothers G245 servant G3610 own...
2). CHRISTIAN FREEDOM AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE VIEWS OF OTHERS (14:1-15:6). Having laid down the principles of Christian living, Paul now moves on to what he clearly conceives of as a problem in the...
CHRISTIAN FREEDOM TO BE TEMPERED BY CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH REGARD TO FOOD FETISHES AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE (14:1-23). Paul now deals with the question of whether to observe a...
‘Who are you who judges the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.' And, indeed, if God has received someone,...
Romans 14:4. WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST? Comp. chap. Romans 9:20. Evidently addressed to the weak brother, rather than to both classes. ANOTHER MAN'S SERVANT, lit., ‘house-servant,' one more closely c...
II. SPECIAL DISCUSSION RESPECTING THE SCRUPLES OF CERTAIN WEAK BRETHREN. This part of the Epistle was occasioned by the existence at Rome of a class of Christians who had scruples in regard to eating...
1. _Fraternal Duty in the Case of the Weak Brethren._ The exhortation to receive the weak (Romans 14:1); the difference between the strong and the weak in the matter of eating (Romans 14:2), with admo...
WHO ART THOU? (συ τις ει?). Proleptic position of συ, "thou who art thou?"THE SERVANT OF ANOTHER (αλλοτριον οικετην). Not another (αλλον) servant (household servant, οικετην), but "another's serva...
CONTENTS: Law of love concerning doubtful things. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: To do what conscience allows is not always right and to do what it questions is always wrong....
Romans 14:1. _Him that is weak in the faith receive ye._ The apostolic churches were composed of jews and gentiles. Most of the jews were zealous of the law, and observed the legal distinctions of mea...
WHO ARE YOU? "You are not his master, and you have no authority over him." AND HE WILL SUCCEED. While very aware of the dangers, Paul still sees Christian freedom as a moral victory. [The Pharisees ar...
_Him that is weak in the faith receive, but not to doubtful disputations._ STRONG AND WEAK Here is a lesson-- I. For those who are strong in the faith. 1. Not to provoke. 2. Nor despise those who...
_Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not._ STRONG AND WEAK I. The strong should not despise the weak brethren. 1. Tenderness and sensitiveness of conscience is a quality as precious as...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:4 This verse is likely directed to the weak. They are not to PASS JUDGMENT on the strong, who answer to their OWN MASTER (THE LORD)....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:1 Paul addresses a specific dispute, probably over whether Christians need to follow Jewish food laws. He agrees with the “strong” (who did not feel compelled to follow those...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 14:1. HIM THAT IS WEAK IN THE FAITH.—Defective in the faith, in the general doctrine, and thus an observer of externals. Alford and De Wette refer to the weak in faith as one w...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 14:1 F. _The duty of enlightened Christians towards weak brethren. _From moral duties in general of Christians towards each other and towards all the apostle now passes to such as t...
In the fourteenth chapter Paul deals now with another issue. Him that is weak in the faith receive, but not to doubtful disputations (Romans 14:1). Don't get into arguments with them, doubtful dispu...
1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:5; Acts 11:17;...
Who art thou? [σ υ τ ι ς ε ι] Thou, first in the Greek order and peculiarly emphatic. Addressing the weak brother, since judgest corresponds with judge in ver. 3. Servant [ο ι κ ε τ η ν]. Strictly, h...
Another reason is here produced why we should not rashly censure or judge our brother differing in judgment from us about lesser things; namely, because he is God's servant; and it is God's sentence a...