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FOR WHETHER WE LIVE - As long as we live.
WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD - We live to do his will, and to promote his
glory. This is the grand purpose of the life of the Christian. Other
people live to gratify...
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CHAPTER 14
_ 1. Strong and Weak Brethren are the Lord's Servants. (Romans 14:1
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2. The True Way of Love. (Romans 14:13 .)
Romans 14:1
The question concerning brethren who were weak in faith, how...
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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...
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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...
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For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we
live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether
we live or die we belong to the Lord. It was for this purpo...
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WHETHER (3), or. App-118.
LORD. App-98....
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_we die unto the Lord_ In view of Romans 14:9, this must mean, "when
we die, we do not pass out of His bondservice, but only into another
mode of it: in the world to come we are still at His command,...
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ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΥΡΊΩΙ, for the Lord; dat. as above, 6.
ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἘΣΜΈΝ. The whole argument rests on the
position of Christians as δοῦλοι τοῦ κυρίου....
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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...
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ΤΕ (G5037) и.
ΖΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить. _Conj._
с ΕΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, предполагающем
возможность уеловия.
ΚΥΡΊΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) Господь.
_Dat._ преимуще...
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DISCOURSE: 1915
THE EXTENT AND GROUNDS OF CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE
Romans 14:7. _None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we
die,...
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FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF, &C.— _None of us,_ that is, "none
of us Christians, _ought to live,"_ &c. The Apostle's argument stands
thus: "According to the principles of true religion, and of th...
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WE ARE THE LORD'S— These words give an easy interpretation to the
phrases of _eating_ and _living,_ &c. _to the Lord;_ for they make
them plainly to refer to what the Apostle had said at the latter en...
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_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...
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we
die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the
Lord's.
FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD - the Lord Ch...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(7-9) The larger principle holds good, and therefore much more the
smaller. It is not only his food that the Christian consecrates to God
(or rather, immediately, to Christ, and through Christ to God)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The proof of Romans 14:7 is given in Romans 14:8 (_for_). Our life and
death being through the fact of faith at the Lord's service, the
contrast between living and dying is thus completely dependent o...
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“ _For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
For, whether we live, we live unto the Lord; whether we die_, _we die
unto the Lord. Whether we live, therefore, or die_, _we are the...
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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...
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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...
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_LIFE AND DEATH UNTO THE LORD_
‘Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die
unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the
Lord’s.’
Romans 14:8
You see the imme...
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8._To the Lord we live, etc. _This does not mean the same as when it
is said in Romans 6:11, that we are made _alive unto God _by his
Spirit, but that we conform to his will and pleasure, and design a...
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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...
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FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD,.... As natural, so
spiritual life is derived from the Lord, and believers live by faith
upon him, and according to his will revealed in the word; find to hi...
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die
unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Ver. 8. _We are the Lord's_] Death divides us not from Chri...
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_For none of us_ True Christians, in the things we do, _liveth to
himself_ Is at his own disposal, doth his own will; _and no man dieth
to himself_ Only for his own advantage, and according to his own...
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WE ARE THE LORD'S; we seek his glory, are governed by his will, and
belong to his redeemed people....
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Living unto the Lord:...
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FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD; AND WHETHER WE DIE, WE DIE
UNTO THE LORD: WHETHER WE LIVE, THEREFORE, OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORD'S....
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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...
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(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...
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FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD; OR WHETHER WE DIE, WE DIE
UNTO THE LORD: WHETHER WE LIVE THEREFORE, OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORD'S.
NOTE: These people were 'living unto the Lord..'WE ARE THE L...
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7-13 Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree
not to live to themselves. No one who has given up his name to Christ,
is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christiani...
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SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 14:7...
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die
unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
[As we are Christ's by right of redemption and purchase (Acts...
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Romans 14:8 For G1063 if G1437 G5037 live G2198 (G5725) live G2198
(G5719) Lord G2962 if...
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Romans 14:8. FOR WHETHER WE LIVE, WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD, _i.e.,_
Christ
WE DIE UNTO THE LORD; even our dying is an act of consecration to
Christ
WHETHER WE LIVE THEREFORE, etc. The whole course of...
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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...
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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...
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WHETHER--OR
(εαν τε--εαν τε). "Both if--and if" (condition of third
class with present subjunctive (ζωμεν--αποθνησκωμεν).
Both living and dying are "to the Lord." Paul repeats the idiom
(εαν τε--εα...
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Romans 14:7
I. First among the causes of the gospel's triumph, if it be not rather
the sole cause, is that the belief in the crucifixion and resurrection
was not a bare profession, but a real inward l...
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Romans 14:8
I. What is meant by this strange word "unto"? We live "unto the Lord."
It seems to impart at once into the phrase an air of unfamiliarity if
not of actual unreality. I will try and explai...
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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....
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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...
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WE BELONG TO THE LORD. The totality of our earthly existence, our life
and even our death, is a service for our God. See notes on Romans
12:1....
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_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...
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_For none of us liveth to himself._
NONE OF US LIVETH UNTO HIMSELF
This is seen in--
I. Success, which can be secured only by co-operation. When one
devotes himself to one kind of work and another...
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_For whether we live, we live unto the Lord._
THE CHRISTIAN IDEA O/ LIFE
I. The Christian idea of life: “To the Lord we live: to the Lord we
die.” That idea of life is founded on Romans 14:7. In one...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 14:7.—We are not to follow our own pleasure, nor obey our own
inclinations. In life and death we, Christians, are the Lord’s.
Romans 14:8.—Christians are Christ’s property, a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 1
Thessalonians 4:14;...