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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:13

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.Paul here included himself, not as a confession of guilt in the matter of the judgments he was condemning, but in order to make a more delicate and persuasive appeal to his readers (just as he doubtless did in Hebrews 2:1-3); but, as noted by Lenski,Exhortations against wrong are in place for all of us, if for no other reason, then at least... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.See under Romans 14:2 and Romans 14:5, regarding clean meats and the power of conscience to make even an innocent action wrong. Paul did not here place himself upon either side of such a question and refrained utterly from making it a matter of faith. It was all a question of knowledge, and the weak brother simply did not have sufficient... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:15

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.With regard to how the weak brother may be grieved, Greathouse has:For one thing, it will pain his overly sensitive conscience to see you do what he (however wrongly) regards as sinful. But the real damage occurs when he is emboldened by your example to do what he believes God has forbidden him to do. He who eats with a bad conscience is a waverer who is condemned by... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:16

Let not your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.The sin against Christ through lovelessness among Christians is an evil that reaches far beyond the congregation itself, bringing into dishonor and ineffectiveness the missionary outreach of the church, and actually resulting in blasphemy of outsiders against the Christian message. "Your" in this verse is plural, contrasting with the singular pronoun in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:13

Romans 14:13. 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 their liberty, in not forbearing the use of it, where it might give offence to the weak. The word rendered judge, has two different senses, and seems to be used in both in this verse. In the first place, it signifies to censure and condemn; in the other, to determine, as a matter of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:15

Romans 14:15. 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 of humour, but leading him into sin. The grief therefore is that which arises from a consciousness of having acted amiss, in conformity to the example of a person considered as superior, whether in rank or genius, knowledge or piety. See Hammond, Locke, and Doddridge. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:16

Romans 14:16. Let not then your good be evil spoken of— "Let not your liberty, which is a good that you enjoy under the Gospel, be evil spoken of." See 1 Corinthians 10:29-30. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:13

13. Let us not therefore judge—"assume the office of judge over" one another; but judge this rather, &c.—a beautiful sort of play upon the word "judge," meaning, "But let this be your judgment, not to put a stumbling-block," &c. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

14, 15. I know, and am persuaded by—or rather, "in" the Lord Jesus—as "having the mind of Christ" ( :-). that there is nothing unclean of itself—Hence it is that he calls those "the strong" who believed in the abolition of all ritual distinctions under the Gospel. (See Acts 10:15). but—"save that" to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean—"and therefore, though you can eat of it with out sin, he cannot." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:15

15. But if thy brother be grieved—has his weak conscience hurt with thy meat—rather, "because of meat." The word "meat" is purposely selected as something contemptible in contrast with the tremendous risk run for its sake. Accordingly, in the next clause, that idea is brought out with great strength. Destroy not him with—"by" thy meat for whom Christ died—"The worth of even the poorest and weakest brother cannot be more emphatically expressed than by the words, 'for whom Christ died'"... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:13

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:15

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