Romanos 14:1-15:1 NTV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

Christian liberty. The general treatment of the ethics of the gospel is concluded, and now the apostle deals with a particular application which the condition of the Church at Rome required. There were some there, a minority probably, who were more or less in subjection to the spirit of the old Judaic economy, making distinctions of meats and of days. And when they came together for the Christian love-feasts, the differences were of awkward consequence. The stronger ones doubted whether... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:1

Him that is weak - The design here is to induce Christians to receive to their fellowship those who had scruples about the propriety of certain things, or that might have special prejudices and feelings as the result of education or former habits of belief. The apostle, therefore, begins by admitting that such an one may be “weak,” that is, not fully established, or not with so clear and enlarged views about Christian liberty others might have.In the faith - In believing. This does not refer to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 14:1

Romans 14:1. Him that is weak in the faith Whose conscience is scrupulous, or whose mind is doubtful, unsatisfied in, or not well acquainted with the principles of Christianity; particularly that concerning Christian liberty and freedom from the ceremonial law. “The apostle means the Jewish Christian, who, through weakness of understanding, or through prejudice, was ignorant of the doctrine of the gospel concerning meats and days; or whose persuasion of that doctrine was so weak, that it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

The use of Christian liberty (14:1-15:13)Although Christians are free from religious rules and regulations such as those found in Moses’ law, some have difficulty living with such freedom. Because their faith is not strong, they have their own laws which they feel bound to keep. Other Christians should accept such people warmly into their fellowship and not argue with them about personal opinions (14:1).Some of the Jewish Christians in the church in Rome had grown little in their faith and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 14:1

faith . App-150 . receive . See Acts 17:5 . but . Omit. doubtful = criticizings. Greek. diakrisis. Only here; 1 Corinthians 12:10 . Hebrews 5:14 . disputations = of (his) thoughts. i.e. without presuming to judge his thoughts. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:1

In Romans 12, Paul deals with various moral obligations, in Romans 13, with political obligations, and in this, with reciprocal obligations of church members to each other regarding differences of opinions. The unity of the church of Christ, and, to a degree, its uniformity, are necessary and commendable; but the ability of the Christian fellowship to survive in situations where strong differences of opinions tends to disrupt unity required that specific instructions be given to the problem of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:1

Romans 14:1, &c. Him that is weak, &c.— By Aquila and Priscilla, who were come from Rome, and with whom St. Paul was familiar for a considerable time (Acts 18:2-3.), or by some other hand, the Apostle had a particular account of the state of the Christian church at Rome, and was informed that there was no good agreement between the Jewish and Gentile convertsabout meats and days. The Jewish Christian retaining a veneration for the laws of Moses, abstained from certain meats, and was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:1

1. Him that is weak in the faith—rather, "in faith"; that is, not "him that is weak in the truth believed" [CALVIN, BEZA, ALFORD, c.], but (as most interpreters agree), "him whose faith wants that firmness and breadth which would raise him above small scruples." (See on :-). receive ye—to cordial Christian fellowship. but not to doubtful disputations—rather, perhaps, "not to the deciding of doubts," or "scruples" that is, not for the purpose of arguing him out of them: which indeed usually... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1

Paul spoke here to those who, as himself, understood the implications of Christian liberty. The other group, the weak in faith, consisted of those whose faith was not strong enough to enable them to exercise the full liberty they had in Christ. Paul may have coined the designations "weak" and "strong," or these may have been terms with which his Roman readers were already familiar."The weakness in faith to which this chapter refers is not weakness in basic Christian faith but weakness in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1-12

1. The folly of judging one another 14:1-12The apostle dealt first with the importance of not judging one another. This was a particular temptation to those Christians who believed that they should refrain from some practices that they believed were displeasing to God but which other Christians felt were legitimate. When Paul wrote, the first group included Jewish Christians who, because of their background in Judaism, tended to perpetuate the practices commanded in the Mosaic Code. Some Jewish... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 14:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 14:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1-12

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