Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 14:13
But judge this rather — Concerning ourselves. Not to lay a stumblingblock — By moving him to do as thou doest, though against his conscience. Or a scandal — Moving him to hate or judge thee.
But judge this rather — Concerning ourselves. Not to lay a stumblingblock — By moving him to do as thou doest, though against his conscience. Or a scandal — Moving him to hate or judge thee.
Verse Romans 14:13. _LET US NOT, THEREFORE, JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANY MORE_] Let us abandon such rash conduct; it is dangerous, it is uncharitable: judgment belongs to the Lord, and he will _condemn_ thos...
LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ... - Since we are to give account of ourselves at the same tribunal; since we must be there on the same “level,” let us not suppose that we have a right here to sit in judg...
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...
CONSIDERATENESS INSTEAD OF CENSORIOUSNESS. Romans 14:13. Let us stop judging one another (_cf._ Matthew 7:1); but come rather to this judgment, not to lay a stumbling-block in a brother's way, etc. R...
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...
So, then, let us stop passing judgment on each other, and rather let this be our only judgment--the determination not to put any hindrance or stumbling block in our brother's way. I know this, and I a...
NOT... ANY MORE. no longer. Greek. _meketi._ App-105. THAT... PUT. not (App-105) to put. STUMBLINGBLOCK. See Romans 9:32. OCCASION TO FALL. Greek. _skandalon._ See Romans 9:33. IN, &C. Literally t...
_judge this rather_ The verb "to judge" is used elsewhere (e.g. Acts 20:16,) in the sense of "to decide, to determine." Here, of course, it is so used with epigrammatic emphasis just after the use of...
While Christian freedom is to be maintained, it must not be so maintained as to violate charity. S. Paul has developed in the strongest terms the Christian right, and consequently the wrong of judging...
ΜΗΚΈΤΙ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. concludes the preceding argument. ΚΡΊΝΑΤΕ = make it your judgment—different from κρίνωμεν; cf. Acts 15:19. ΤΙΘΈΝΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. To _lay_ a stumblingblock or trap for your brother; cf. M...
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...
ΚΡΊΝΩΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить, побудительный _conj._ ΚΡΊΝΑ· ΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить (ВВС), ΤΙΘΈΝΑΙ _praes. inf. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать, ΠΡΌΣΚΟ...
LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE— He had before reproved the weak for censuring the strong in the use of their liberty: he comes now to restrain the strong from offending the weak, by a too free use of thei...
_TEXT_ Romans 14:13-23. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling. Romans 14:14 I know...
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ('ASSUME THE OFFICE...
__ 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...
STUMBLINGBLOCK] cp. Matthew 18:6.; 1 Corinthians 8:9....
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...
JUDGE THIS RATHER. — The word “judge” forms the connecting-link between what follows and what has gone before. If any judgment is to be formed at all, let it be rather as a principle to guide our own...
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...
The Apostle now proceeds to argue the question of Christian conduct in things indifferent from another point of view that of the influence which our conduct may have on others, and of the consideratio...
YIELDING RIGHTS FOR OTHERS' SAKE Romans 14:13 We must be careful of one another's faith. Unkind criticism or ridicule, or the strong pressure of our arguments and reasons may impede the divine life i...
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...
(12) Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge (m) this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way. (12) After he has concluded what is no...
“ _Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more, but judge this rather: that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way._ ” The first proposition sums up the whole o...
After having addressed the strong and the weak simultaneously, the apostle further addresses a warning to the former, to induce them not to use their liberty except in conformity with the law of love....
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...
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...
LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ONE ANOTHER MORE,.... With respect to the observance or non-observance of the laws relating to meats and drinks, and days, and times; the apostle means, that they should not...
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in _his_ brother's way. Ver. 13. _Any more_] As they formerly had done;...
_Let us not therefore judge one another any more_ Seeing that judgment belongs to Christ. “The apostle's meaning is, Since we are all the servants of Christ, and are to be judged by him at the last da...
NOT THEREFORE JUDGE; not assume the place of Christ in judging his servants, but leave that to him to whom it belongs, and who will judge according to truth. JUDGE THIS RATHER; decide this rather in...
Of the abuse of Christian liberty:...
LET US NOT, THEREFORE, JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANYMORE; BUT JUDGE THIS RATHER, THAT NO MAN PUT A STUMBLING-BLOCK OR AN OCCASION TO FALL IN HIS BROTHER'S WAY....
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...
Liberty and its proper use 13 Do not place a stumbling block or death trap for a brother This is not trivial matter Fall = from grace, lost eternally, damnation 14 See note on verse 5 Weak - does...
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...
LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANY MORE: q.d. Seeing all must be judged by Christ, let us no more judge one another, but mend this fault for time to come. BUT JUDGE THIS RATHER: hitherto his c...
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge [decide] _ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling_. [This warning is addressed both...
Tertullian To His Wife Book II marriages, put "an occasion of falling"[3]...
Romans 14:13 Therefore G3767 judge G2919 (G5725) another G240 anymore G3371 but G235 rather G3123 resolve G2919 ...
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...
‘Let us not therefore be judging one another any more, but rather judge you this, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.' In view of this coming judgment-sea...
2. _Proper Use of Christian Liberty on the Part of the Stronger Brethren._ The section opens with a caution against judging (Romans 14:13 a), which furnishes a transition to the leading thought, namel...
Romans 14:13. LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANY MORE. Both classes are here addressed, since Romans 14:12, to which ‘therefore' refers, included both; ‘one another' points back to ‘of himself...
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...
LET US NOT THEREFORE JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANY MORE (μηκετ ουν αλληλους κρινωμεν). Present active subjunctive (volitive). "Let us no longer have the habit of criticizing one another." A wonderfully fin...
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...
SO THEN. If a Christian does what God tells him to do, he will have no time to do wrong. We must not waste time arguing personal opinions! NOT TO DO ANYTHING. We are not to abuse our freedom in such a...
_Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block …, in his brother’s way._ LIMITATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY It is limited-- I. In its exten...
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 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:13; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 John 2:10;...
Stumbling - block [π ρ ο σ κ ο μ μ α]. Compare ch. Romans 9:32; Romans 9:33; 45 20. Skandalon occasion of falling is also rendered stumbling - block in other passages. Some regard the two as synonymou...
Observe here, 1. How the apostle advises persons to be very cautious in the use of their Christian liberty: PUT NOT. STUMBLING-BLOCK, OR AN OCCASION OF FALLING, INTO YOUR BROTHER'S WAY. Learn thence,...