So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Ver. 12. So then every one, &c.] It was excellent counsel that the orator gave his hearers, Ita vivamus ut rationem nobis reddendam arbitremur. (Cic. IV in Ver.) Let us so live as those that must give an account of all at last.
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Verse Romans 14:12. _EVERY ONE OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF_] We shall not, at the bar of God, be obliged to account for the conduct of _each other_-each shall give account of himself: and let...
SO THEN - Wherefore; or according to the doctrine of the Old Testament. EVERY ONE OF US - That is, every Christian; for the connection requires us to understand the argument only of Christians. At the...
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...
Who are you to judge your brother in anything? Or, who are you contemptuously to despise your brother? For we shall all stand at God's judgment seat; for it stands written: "As I live, God says, every...
ACCOUNT. an account. App-121....
_every one of us_ Because the prediction (finally to be fulfilled when Messiah finally triumphs) emphatically speaks of "_every_knee, _every_tongue." _give account of himself] "Himself"_is, of course...
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...
ἌΡΑ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The final conclusion on this line of argument: each man will account to GOD, and to Him alone. ΛΌΓΟΝ ΔΏΣΕΙ. Elsewhere ἀποδίδοναι Matthew 12:36 _alibi _...
ΔΏΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, давать отчет....
DISCOURSE: 1916 THE FUTURE JUDGMENT Romans 14:10. _We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue sh...
_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...
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. SO THEN (INFERS THE APOSTLE) EVERY ONE OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD. Now, if it be remembered that all this is adduced qu...
__ 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...
HIMSELF] emphatic....
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...
(10-12) Such being our relations to Christ, and such the judgment to which we look forward, there is no room for any human judgment. Censoriousness is thus condemned....
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...
ἄρα (οὖν): So then conclusion of _this_ aspect of the subject: _cf._ Romans 5:18; Romans 7:25. Every word in this sentence is emphatic: ἕκαστος, περὶ ἑαυτοῦ, λόγον δώσει, τῷ θεῷ. For λόγον in this sen...
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...
“ _For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then_, _every one of us shall give account of himself to God._ ” In Romans 14:11,...
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (10) But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? for we...
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...
_A QUESTION OF ACCOUNT_ ‘So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.’ Romans 14:12 An analogy is continually being drawn by Christ and the Apostles between commerce and the Christ...
12._Every one of us, etc. _This conclusion invites us to humility and lowliness of mind: and hence he immediately draws this inference, — that _we are not to judge one another; _for it is not lawful f...
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...
SO THEN EVERYONE OF US,.... this is the conclusion, drawn from the foregoing account of things, that there will be a general judgment, that Christ will be Judge, and all must appear at his bar; from w...
_But why dost thou judge_ Or condemn; _thy_ Gentile _brother_ Because he neglects the distinction of meats and days? _Or why dost thou_ O Gentile believer; _set at naught_ And deride, as weak or super...
As Christ is to be the final judge of men, and we are to give account each of himself to him, and be accepted or condemned according to his decision, we should live as under his inspection, and make i...
SO, THEN, EVERY ONE OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD. The apostle here makes the application of the thought suggested in the first verses of the chapter, basing it upon a larger truth of whi...
Living unto the Lord:...
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN, AS. LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, TO ME EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD. Romans 14:12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:13...
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...
Here you have the end of our standing before the judgment-seat of Christ, which is to give account: see MATTHEW 12:36 1 PETER 4:5. He saith: EVERY ONE OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT, whether he be great or...
So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. [God judges all, hence it is superfluous for the Christian to judge any. Why gather stones of condemnation and judgment when, after all, Je...
Cyprian Epistle LXXV I have replied, dearest son, to your letter, so far as my poor ability prevailed; and I have shown, as far as I could, what I think; prescribing to no one, so as to prevent any p...
Romans 14:12 So G3767 then G686 each G1538 us G2257 give G1325 (G5692) account G3056 of G4012 himself...
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...
‘So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.' And at that awful judgment seat ‘each one of us will give account of himself to God'. The full transcripts of every moment of our lives wi...
Romans 14:12. SO THEN EACH ONE OF US, etc. The emphasis rests on ‘each one of us,' not on ‘of himself,' or, ‘to God.' There is no exception; let each remember this, and each will be guarded against ju...
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...
SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT (λογον δωσε). So Aleph A C rather than αποδωσε of Textus Receptus. Common use of λογος for account (bookkeeping, ledger) as in Luke 16:2....
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...
WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT. "This is the reason you should not judge each other." Only God has the authority to call us to account for our lives....
_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...
_As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God._ THE FINAL SUBJECTION OF MANKIND TO GOD WILL BE I. Universal. II. Complete. It includes-- 1. An ackno...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:10 The strong should not despise the weak. The weak should not judge the strong. Everyone will stand before God, who will judge all on the last day. The future day of JUDGMENT...
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 14:10.—Being accountable to Christ, we cannot be accountable in the highest sense to any other. Romans 14:11.—The phrase indicates the act of those who shall worship and ackn...
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 Peter 4:5; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Galatians 6:5; Luke 16:2; Matthew 12:36