Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 14:10
Or why dost thou despise thy brother — Hitherto the apostle as addressed the weak brother: now he speaks to the stronger.
Or why dost thou despise thy brother — Hitherto the apostle as addressed the weak brother: now he speaks to the stronger.
ROMANS 14:10 qeou/ {B} At an early date (Marcion Polycarp Tertullian Origen) the reading qeou/, which is supported by the best witnesses (a* A B C* D G 1739 _al_), was supplanted by Cristou/, probabl...
Verse Romans 14:10. _BUT WHY DOST THOU_] _Christian Jew_, observing the rites of the Mosaic law, _judge_-condemn _thy brother_-the Christian _Gentile_, who does not think himself bound by this law?...
BUT WHY ... - Since we are all subjects and servants alike, and must all stand at the same tribunal, what right have we to sit in judgment on others? THOU JUDGE - Thou who art a “Jewish” convert, why...
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...
SET AT NOUGHT. "despise", as in Romans 14:3. STAND BEFORE. See Romans 6:13 (yield). JUDGMENT SEAT. See Acts 7:5. CHRIST. the Christ. App-98. The texts read "God"....
the same subject: mutual care and love more important and sacred than eager assertions of liberty 10. _But why dost thou_ "_Thou_" is strongly emphatic here, as in contrast to the Lord. So just below...
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 ΔῈ ΤΊ Κ.Τ.Λ. The dramatic emphasis is again applied as in Romans 14:4; but here the appeal is based on the equality of brethren. ΠΆΝΤΕΣ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. The common responsibility to one Lord is now put...
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936) стоять, стоять возле, предстоять, ΈΞΟΥΘΕΝΕΪ́Σ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΟΥΘΕΝΈΩ (G1848) смотреть (_см._ Romans 14:3)....
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...
BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER, &C.— The superstitious are prone to judge, and those who are not superstitious are prone to despise. Heylin....
_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...
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. BUT WHY ... The original here is more lively: 'But thou...
__ 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...
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...
RV 'But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou, again, why dost thou,' etc. ALL] emphatic. CHRIST] RV 'God.' 'It is important to notice how easily St. Paul passes from “Christ” to “God” (Sanda...
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...
JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. — The true reading is, _of God. _...
(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...
Σὺ δὲ : _thou_, in contrast with the one Lord and Judge of all. In face of our common responsibility to Him, how dare we judge each other? τὸν ἀδελφόν σου : another reason for not judging: it is incon...
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...
(11) But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (11) The conclusion: we must leave to God his right, an...
“ _But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou also, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? For we shall all stand at the judgment-seat of Christ._ ” The δέ, _but_, contrasts the incompetent...
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...
10._But thou, why dost thou, etc. _As he had made the life and death of us all subject to Christ, he now proceeds to mention the authority to judge, which the Father has conferred on him, together wit...
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...
BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER?.... These words are spoken to the man weak in faith, that scrupled eating of certain meats, and chose rather eat none, and live on herbs, and who esteemed one day...
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Ver. 10. _But why dost thou, &c._] Three things are not sub...
_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...
OF CHRIST; our rightful and proper judge....
Living unto the Lord:...
BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR WHY DOST THOU SET AT NAUGHT THY BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF CHRIST....
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...
BUT THOU, WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR THOU AGAIN, WHY DOST THOU SET AT NOUGHT THY BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD. 'Judge/set at nought'-in the context referin...
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...
He goes on to persuade them to a mutual forbearance, to dehort them from condemning or contemning one another about indifferent things. He suggests two arguments against it in this verse; one (which i...
But thou [O weak one], _why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again_ [O strong one],_ why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God_. [The fact tha...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians for we are before the eyes of our Lord and God, and "we must all appear at the judgment-seat of Christ, and must every one give an account of himself."[40]...
Romans 14:10 But G1161 why G5101 do G2919 you G4771 judge G2919 (G5719) your G4675 brother G80 Or...
‘But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you set at nought your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment-seat of God. For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every...
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...
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...
Romans 14:10. BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? ‘Thou' is emphatic, ‘thou' belonging to Christ the Lord. ‘Thy brother' marks an advance in thought from Romans 14:3-4. This is addressed to the weak...
BUT THOU, WHY DOST THOU JUDGE? (συ δε τ συ κρινεισ?). Referring to the conduct of the "weak" brother in verse Romans 14:3.OR THOU AGAIN (η κα συ). Referring to the "strong" brother.SHALL STAND BE...
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...
YOU, THEN. Christ is the one Lord and Judge. What right do you have to pass judgment on your brother? WHY DO YOU DESPISE? The hypercritical pharasaic attitude is always sin. ALL OF US WILL STAND. When...
_But why dost thou judge … thou set at nought thy brother?_ for we shall all stand before the Judgment seat of Christ. THE GUILT OF JUDGING AND CONTEMPTUOUSNESS To the weak and scrupulous the apost...
_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...
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 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; Acts
Why dost thou judge [σ υ τ ι κ ρ ι ν ε ι ς]. Thou emphatic, in contrast with the Lord. So Rev., "thou, why dost thou Judge ?" Referring to the weak brother. Compare judge as in ver. 4. The servant of...