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Verse Romans 14:15. _IF THY BROTHER BE GRIEVED_] If he think that thou
doest wrong, and he is in consequence stumbled at thy conduct.
_NOW WALKEST THOU NOT CHARITABLY._] κατα αγαπην, _According
to_...
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BUT IF THY BROTHER ... - This address is to the “Gentile” convert.
In the previous verse, Paul admitted. that the prejudice of the Jew
was not well-founded. But admitting that still the question was,...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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BUT. The texts read "For".
IF. App-118.
BE. is.
THY. Omit.
NOW... NOT. no longer. Greek. _ouketi._ App-105.
CHARITABLY. according to (App-104) love (App-135.)
DESTROY. Literally loose, or pull,...
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_But_ Another reading is FOR. The documentary evidence is doubtful;
and the evidence of connexion favours BUT. If FOR is adopted, it must
be explained by treating Romans 14:14 as a parenthesis; and th...
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ΓᾺΡ. Romans 14:14 is a parenthetic admission and qualification,
γὰρ refers back to Romans 14:13. The whole passage is curiously
elliptic and interjectional.
ΔΙᾺ ΒΡΩ͂ΜΑ. Owing to meat—that meat which...
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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...
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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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ΒΡΏΜΑ (G1033) пища,
ΛΥΠΕΊ ΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΛΥΠΈΩ (G3076) быть
причиной скорби, вредить. Имеется в
виду горькое и болезненное чувство,
рождающееся в сердце слабого (Godet).
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΊΣ _prae...
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BUT IF THY BROTHER BE GRIEVED, &C.— _If then thy brother be offended
with thy meat, thou walkest no longer charitably._ It hence appears,
that grieving a person does not signify merely putting himout...
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_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...
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But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
BUT IF THY BROTHER BE GRIEVED (HAS HIS WEAK CONSCIENCE HURT) WITH...
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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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BUT. — The true reading is undoubtedly _For,_ the connection of
which is somewhat difficult to trace. It appears to leap over Romans
14:14, and go back to Romans 14:13. We may suppose that the substan...
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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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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...
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Many expositors here supply something; _e.g._, “You must have
respect therefore for his scruples, although you may not share them,
for if,” etc. (Sanday and Headlam); but it seems simpler to connect
t...
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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...
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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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But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. (14) Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom (15) Christ
died.
(14) It is the part of a cruel mind to make more account...
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St. Paul repeats this, in almost the same words, in 1 Corinthians
chap. viii. and plainly gives us the understand, that Christ died for
the salvation of all men, by supposing a Christian brother, for...
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If this verse be connected with the preceding by _for_, with the
majority of the Mjj., it is very difficult to understand their logical
relation. Meyer paraprhases thus: “It is not without reason that...
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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....
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“ _I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is
unclean of itself:except that to him that esteemeth anything to be
unclean, it is unclean. Now if thy brother be grieved because of food,...
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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...
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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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15._But if through meat thy brother is grieved, etc. _He now explains
how the offending of our brethren may vitiate the use of good things.
And the first thing is, — that love is violated, when our br...
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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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BUT IF THY BROTHER BE GRIEVED WITH THY MEAT,.... The apostle proceeds
to give reasons why, though he was so fully persuaded that nothing was
unclean of itself, and so he, and any other of the same per...
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But if thy brother be grieved with _thy_ meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Ver. 15. _But if thy brother be grieved_] It is his weakness to be...
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Rom. 14:15. "But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest
thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ
died." That is as much as to say, will [you not in] your meat p...
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_I know_ By the light of reason; _and am persuaded_ Or assured; _by
the Lord Jesus_ Probably by a particular revelation from him; _that
there is nothing_ No kind of meat; _unclean of itself_ Or unlawf...
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BE GRIEVED WITH THY MEAT; if your eating meat grieves and injures a
brother.
WALKEST THOU NOT CHARITABLY; provided you continue to eat it. Love to
him requires you to abstain from it.
DESTROY NOT HI...
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BUT IF THY BROTHER BE GRIEVED WITH THY MEAT, NOW WALKEST THOU NOT
CHARITABLY. DESTROY NOT HIM WITH THY MEAT FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED....
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Of the abuse of Christian liberty:...
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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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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...
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CHARITABLY:
_ Gr._ according to charity 1 Corinthians 8:11...
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FOR IF BECAUSE OF MEAT THY BROTHER IS GRIEVED, THOU WALKEST NO LONGER
IN LOVE. DESTROY NOT WITH THY MEAT HIM FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED.
Starting from verse 13 Paul is addressing the meat-eater. He was
rig...
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14-18 Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, though they
are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death: also that
drawing a soul to sin, threatens the destruction of that soul. D...
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In this verse you have two reasons to induce the strong not to offend
the weak: First, it is contrary to charity; to grieve a brother upon
the score of meats, is to walk uncharitably; it is a violatio...
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For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer
in love. ["For" looks back to verse 13. Recklessness as to the welfare
or safety of others is not loving. "Grieved" may express ei...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III " And everywhere, when [referring
to] the passion of our Lord, and to His human nature, and His
subjection to death, he employs the name of Christ, as in that
passag...
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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...
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‘For if because of meat your brother is grieved, you are no longer
walking in love. Do not destroy with your meat him for whom Christ
died.'
Thus if the brother or sister who believed it to be wrong a...
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Romans 14:15. FOR. The best authorities give this reading, which
introduces the reason for speaking of the exception (Romans 14:14),
namely, to warn against the lack of love in disregarding it
IF BEC...
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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...
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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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Because of meat (δια βρωμα). "Because of food."IN LOVE
(κατα αγαπην). "According to love" as the regulating
principle of life. See Romans 14:1 where Paul pleads for love in place
of knowledge on thi...
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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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IF YOU HURT YOUR BROTHER. "Your freedom of action is not worth the
price of hurting your brother in Christ. Love doesn't act this way!"
RUIN is a strong word. Christian freedom must not be used in suc...
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:15 For the sake of the weak, the strong
should refrain from eating certain foods. They must be careful not to
DESTROY the faith of a brother or sister. Lack of love for the we...
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_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...
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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 13:1; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; 1
Corinthians 8:1;...
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Be grieved [λ υ π ε ι τ α ι] The close connection with destroy
indicates that the meaning falls short of be destroyed, but is
stronger than made to feel pain. It is a hurt to conscience, which,
while...
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If thy brother is grieved — That is, wounded, led into sin. Destroy
not him for whom Christ died — So we see, he for whom Christ died
may be destroyed. With thy meat — Do not value thy meat more than...