Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 14:23
Because it is not of faith — He does not believe it lawful and, in all these cases, whatsoever is not of faith is sin — Whatever a man does without a full persuasion of its lawfulness, it is sin to him.
Because it is not of faith — He does not believe it lawful and, in all these cases, whatsoever is not of faith is sin — Whatever a man does without a full persuasion of its lawfulness, it is sin to him.
ROMANS 14:23 evsti,n) {A} A full discussion of the problems of the termination of the Epistle to the Romans involves questions concerning the authenticity and integrity of the last chapter (or of the...
Verse Romans 14:23. _AND HE THAT DOUBTETH_] This verse is a necessary part of the preceding, and should be read thus: _But he that_ _doubteth is condemned if he eat_, because he eateth _not of faith_...
HE THAT DOUBTETH - He that is not fully satisfied in his mind; who does not do it with a clear conscience. The margin has it rendered correctly, “He that discerneth and putteth a difference between me...
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...
It is the fine thing neither to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything which makes the road more difficult for your brother to walk. As far as you yourselves are concerned you have enough fai...
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...
AND. But. DOUBTETH. See Romans 4:20. DAMNED. condemned. App-122. IF. App-118. OF, OF. App-104. FOR. and. WHATSOEVER... SIN. i.e. whatever is done by the believer that does not proceed from the f...
_And he that doubteth_ This verse, like the last clause, is really aimed at the "strong" Christian's mistaken conduct. He is reminded of the real sin he may occasion in his "weak" fellow-Christian. Se...
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...
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...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. Cf. James 1:6, ‘he that hesitates or doubts,’ who wavers in his judgment; cf. Romans 4:20; Acts 10:20. ΚΑΤΑΚΈΡΙΤΑΙ is at once condemned by the act, not by the doubt. ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚ...
ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΔΙΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G1252) судить, колебаться, взвешивать мнения....
AND HE THAT DOUBTETH, IS DAMNED, &C.— _Is convicted_ [of sin] _if he eat, because it is not according to his belief: for whatsoever_ [a man doeth] _not according to his persuasion, is sin._ The word r...
_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...
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. AND (RATHER, 'BUT') HE THAT DOUBTETH IS DAMNED (see the note on the word "damnation...
__ 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...
DAMNED] RV 'condemned.' FAITH] here = strong conviction. 'The words do not apply to those who are not Christians, nor to the works of those who are Christians done before they became such, but to the...
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...
AND HE THAT DOUBTETH. — The one thing which justifies a man in neglecting such nice and punctilious distinctions is a faith so strong that it can afford to make light of them. Where faith is not stron...
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...
ὁ δὲ διακρινόμενος ἐὰν φάγῃ κατακέκριται : such, on the other hand, is the unhappy situation of the weak a new motive for charity. For διακριν. _cf._ Romans 4:20; James 1:6; Mark 11:23. The weak Chris...
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...
And he that (s) doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin. (s) Reasons with himself....
He that discerneth, or who judgeth that he ought to abstain from such meats, if he eat, is self-condemned, because he acts not according to his faith. For whatever a man doth, and is not according to...
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....
“ _As to thee, thou hast faith;have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that thing which he approveth! But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not...
REFLECTIONS Reader! In all the circumstances of life we may well bear with the weak in faith, and receive none to doubtful disputations, while earnest in the grand points of the cross to contend for t...
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. (23) And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:...
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...
23._But he who is undecided, etc. _He very fitly expresses in one word the character of that mind which vacillates and is uncertain as to what ought to be done; for he who is undecided undergoes alter...
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...
AND HE THAT DOUBTETH,.... Or makes a difference between meats and meats, or is in suspense whether any difference should be observed or not, IS DAMNED; not with everlasting damnation, which is not th...
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because _he eateth_ not of faith: for whatsoever _is_ not of faith is sin. Ver. 23. _Is damned_] Both of his doubting conscience, which soundeth heavily, as...
_Hast thou faith_ That these things are lawful? _Have it to thyself, before God_ In circumstances like these keep it to thyself, and do not offend others by it. _Happy is he that condemneth not himsel...
HE THAT DOUBTETH; the lawfulness of any thing, and yet does it when there is no doubt about the lawfulness of abstaining from it, IS DAMNED; condemned as guilty of sin. WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH; wh...
AND HE THAT DOUBTS IS DAMNED IF HE EAT, BECAUSE HE EATETH NOT OF FAITH; FOR WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN. Paul now draws a conclusion which is applicable to all conditions and circumstances of Ch...
Avoid all offense:...
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...
DOUBTETH: Or, discerneth, and putteth a difference between meats...
BUT HE THAT DOUBTETH IS CONDEMNED IF HE EAT, BECAUSE HE EATETH NOT OF FAITH; AND WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN. NOTE: Even in area's of indifference,. violation of conscience is wrong! The only s...
19-23 Many wish for peace, and talk loudly for it, who do not follow the things that make for peace. Meekness, humility, self-denial, and love, make for peace. We cannot edify one another, while quar...
In this verse is another aphorism, respecting especially the weaker Christian. HE THAT DOUBTETH of the lawfullness of any meat, whether he may or may not eat it, IS DAMNED IF HE EAT, i.e. His own cons...
But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin. [The apostle here presents the contrast between the strong and the weak. The former...
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I in this matter or not. And he that doubteth in the matter of meats, the apostle tells us, "is damned if he eat."[164] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI as for us...
Romans 14:23 But G1161 doubts G1252 (G5734) condemned G2632 (G5769) if G1437 eats G5315 (G5632) because...
‘But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because (it is) not of faith, and whatever is not of faith is sin.' But if someone who wavers over whether it is right to eat meat, on the grounds that it m...
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...
Romans 14:23. BUT HE THAT DOUBTETH (in contrast with the one who judgeth not himself) IS (has been and is) CONDEMNED, IF HE EAT ‘The act of eating itself condemns him, of course, according to the Divi...
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...
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...
HE THAT DOUBTETH (ο διακρινομενος). Present middle participle of διακρινω, to judge between (δια), to hesitate. See James 1:6 for this same picture of the double-minded man. Cf. Romans 4:20; Mark 1...
DAMNED Condemned, that is, as in (Romans 14:22). SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
BUT IF HE HAS DOUBTS. The last half of Romans 14:22 begins this thought. The man who does allow himself to do those things which he secretly believes to be wrong, sins, and God condemns him. NOT BASED...
_Hast thou faith?_ Have it to thyself before God. DUTIES IN REGARD TO THINGS INDIFFERENT Some things are unlawful in their own nature, and can never be right. Others are wrong because forbidden, an...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:23 No one should eat unclean food if he has DOUBTS about the rightness of the activity. Indeed, anything believers do apart from FAITH is sin....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 14:20.—The work of God is the faith of a fellow-Christian. Romans 14:21.—Three forms of spiritual damage, corresponding with the three blessings in Romans 14:17, which are pr...
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 11:29; 1 Corinthians 8:7; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 13:2;...
Faith. In Christ. "So far as it brings with it the moral confidence as to what in general and under given circumstances is the right christian mode of action" (Meyer). Some authorities insert here the...
That is, "He that doubteth whether he should eat or no, and yet eats, is condemned of himself, because he doth. thing when he is not satisfied of its lawfulness; for whatsoever is not done of faith, t...