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Verse Romans 14:2. _ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT ALL THINGS_] He
believes that whatsoever is _wholesome_ and _nourishing_, whether
_herbs_ or _flesh_-whether enjoined or forbidden by the Mosaic law -...
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FOR ONE BELIEVETH - This was the case with the Gentiles in general,
who had none of the scruples of the Jew about the propriety of eating
certain kinds of meat. Many of the converts who had been Jews...
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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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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...
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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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One man has enough faith to believe that he can eat anything; but he
who is weak in the faith eats vegetables. Let not him who eats
contemptuously despise him who does not eat; and let not him who doe...
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FOR ONE. The one indeed.
BELIEVETH. App-150.
ANOTHER. the (other)....
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This difference may be explained by the different quality and aspect
of the controversies. In Galatia the question was of primary
principle; at Rome and Corinth it was, on the whole, of secondary
prac...
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ὋΣ ΜῈΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. The absence of connecting particle shows that
this is an illustration of the principle.
ὋΣ ΜῈΝ—Ὁ ΔῈ�. Cf. Blass, p. 145. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΙ, has
faith to, so far as to—no |[270] to this use; Acts...
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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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EATETH HERBS— Some of the Jews used to eat no flesh at all, and
others looked upon it as a very high pitch of virtue to abstain from
it in Gentile countries, and to subsist entirely on vegetables, fro...
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_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...
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For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,
eateth herbs.
[FOR] (THIS SUPPLEMENT IS SUPERFLUOUS) ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT
ALL THINGS - having learned the lesson taught...
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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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BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY] RV 'hath faith to'; i.e. has such a grasp of
the gospel of Christ that he recognises the indifference of these
matters....
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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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BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY... — Rather, perhaps, _hath confidence to eat
all things._ His faith is strong enough to prevent his conscience from
becoming uneasy....
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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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ὃς μέν : _cf._ Romans 14:5; Romans 9:21. πιστεύει
φαγεῖν πάντα : has confidence to eat all things. See
Winer, p. 405. Gifford quotes Demosthenes, p. 88: προέσθαι
δὲ τὴν προῖκʼ οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν : “he had...
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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...
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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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(2) For one (c) believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is
weak, eateth herbs.
(2) He propounds for an example the difference of meats, which some
thought was necessarily to be observed as...
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Eat all things. Viz. without observing the distinction between clean
and unclean meats, prescribed by the law of Moses: which was now no
longer obligatory. Some weak Christians, converted from among t...
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The meaning of πιστεύειν, _to believe_, is determined by its
opposition to ἀσθενῶν, _being weak:_ “who _has a faith_
firm enough to be able to eat anything without scruple.”
_ Eateth herbs_, that is...
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“ _Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, yet not to enter into
discussions of opinions. One hath faith to eat all things; but
another, who is weak, eateth herbs._ ”
The participle ἀσθενῶν, _being...
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Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful
disputations. (2) For one believeth that he may eat all things:
another, who is weak, eateth herbs. (3) Let not him that eateth
despise hi...
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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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2._Let him who believes, etc. _What [Erasmus ] has followed among the
various readings I know not; but he has mutilated this sentence,
which, in Paul’s words, is complete; and instead of the relative...
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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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FOR ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT ALL THINGS,.... He is fully
persuaded in his mind, that there is nothing in itself common, or
unclean; that the difference between clean and unclean meats,
commanded...
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For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,
eateth herbs.
Ver. 2. _Eateth herbs_] Rather than meats forbidden by the law, Daniel
1:11. The ancient Latins were as well paid of...
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_For one believeth that he may eat all things_ A converted Gentile,
who rightly understands his Christian liberty, is firmly persuaded
that he may eat any kind of food indifferently, though forbidden...
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EAT ALL THINGS; any wholesome food.
WHO IS WEAK; ignorant of what is proper on this subject.
EATETH HERBS; lives on vegetables and abstains from flesh, lest he
should be defiled by the use of it....
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FOR ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT ALL THINGS; ANOTHER, WHO IS WEAK,
EATETH HERBS....
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THE CONDUCT OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD SUCH AS ARE WEAK IN FAITH. 14:1-23
Scruples with regard to food:...
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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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(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...
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ONE MAN HATH FAITH TO EAT ALL THINGS: BUT HE THAT IS WEAK EATETH
HERBS.
'faith to eat all things'-this is the 'stronger brother'; he realizes
that 'all foods are clean according to God'.
Mark 7:19 b...
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1-6 Differences of opinion prevailed even among the immediate
followers of Christ and their disciples. Nor did St. Paul attempt to
end them. Compelled assent to any doctrine, or conformity to outward...
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ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT ALL THINGS; i.e. one that is informed
aright of his Christian liberty, is fully persuaded, and that upon
good grounds, that he may eat any thing that is wholesome, though...
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One man hath faith [believes he has the liberty or right] _to eat all
things: but he that is weak eateth herbs_. [We are familiar with the
universal Jewish scruples with regard to swine's flesh and me...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI "Now the weak eateth herbs,"
according to the noble apostle.[4]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII
worthy of the good cheer and reception which Abraham gave...
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Romans 14:2 For G3303 one G3739 believes G4100 (G5719) eat G5315
(G5629) things G3956 but G1161 weak...
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2). CHRISTIAN FREEDOM AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE VIEWS OF OTHERS
(14:1-15:6).
Having laid down the principles of Christian living, Paul now moves on
to what he clearly conceives of as a problem in the...
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‘One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats
herbs.'
He posits the case of two men, one of whom ‘has the faith to eat all
things', and the other who eats only vegetables and herbs. Th...
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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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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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Romans 14:2. ONE MAN; as in Romans 14:5. ‘For' is not found in the
original
HATH FAITH TO EAT ALL THINGS. ‘Believeth' is literal, but the
reference to ‘faith' throughout makes this paraphrase necessa...
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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...
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ONE MAN
(ος μεν). "This one," demonstrative pronoun ος with μεν.HATH
FAITH
(πιστευε). Like εχε πιστιν (Acts 14:9).BUT HE THAT IS
WEAK
(ο δε ασθενων). One would expect ος δε (but that one) in
co...
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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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TO EAT ANYTHING. Food was a "live issue" at Rome. One man understands
he is free in Christ, and ignores all dietary restrictions (except
those of Acts 15:20). See what Paul says in Colossians 2:16. EA...
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:2 The strong believe all foods are allowed.
The weak eat only VEGETABLES, probably to avoid eating unclean foods
(see Daniel 1:8,...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 14:1. HIM THAT IS WEAK IN THE FAITH.—Defective in the faith,
in the general doctrine, and thus an observer of externals. Alford and
De Wette refer to the weak in faith as one w...
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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 10:25; 1 Timothy 4:4; Daniel 1:12; Daniel 1:16;...
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Believeth that he may eat [π ι σ τ ε υ ε ι φ α γ ε ι ν].
The A. V. conveys the sense of having an opinion, thinking. But the
point is the strength or weakness of the man's faith (see ver. 1) as
it aff...
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All things — All sorts of food, though forbidden by the law....
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Here the apostle declares the ground of difference that was between
them; namely, the difference of meats. One thought all meats to be
lawful under the gospel; another, rather than eat any meats forbi...