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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:2

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.Thus, it is plainly a vegetarian scruple that Paul was dealing with; and there is no evidence, as some fancy, that they had become so merely by the efforts to avoid eating meat sacrificed to idols; because, in many private situations, no such problem would have been involved. It goes without question that they were wrong in making such a dietary thing into a religious matter; but they had evidently done so. Paul taught that... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:3

Let not him that eateth set at naught him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.What a natural thing it was for the Christian of strong faith to set a low value upon a brother with all those silly scruples! How easy it was for the scrupulous to judge others as "liberal" and condemn them for not accepting the more strict behavior! With some Christians thus tempted to set at naught some of their brethren, and others tempted to judge... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:4

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.The presumption of one Christian judging another overlooks the fact that God judges all, a prerogative categorically withheld from mortal, fallible men, and wisely so. No man is capable of accurate judgment, in things pertaining either to himself or to his fellow Christians; and nothing is quite so detrimental to Christian fellowship... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:5

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.Many Christians of Jewish background had faithfully observed the sabbaths, festivals, and celebrations of the Jewish institutions from childhood, and therefore counted such occasions more holy than others, continuing to mark and observe them even after their acceptance of Christianity, in such a manner "esteeming one day above another." Gentile Christians, on the other hand,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:6

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.Godet's sharp comment on this is:The apostle states the reason why the two lines of conduct are equally admissible. It is because, opposed as they are, they are inspired by one and the same desire, that of serving the Lord.[6]It might be added that both lines of behavior were followed in good conscience, and also that this establishes the... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:2

Romans 14:2. 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, from an apprehension, that the flesh sold in the shambles might have been offered to idols, or at least have contracted some ceremonial pollution. Possibly some of these Jewish converts might have been of the sect of the Essenes, who were peculiarly strict on this head, insomuch that they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:3

Romans 14:3. Let not him that eateth, despise, &c.— By him that eateth, St. Paul seems to mean the Gentiles, who were less scrupulous in the use of indifferent things; and by him that eateth not, the Jews, who made great distinction of meats, and days, and placed in them a great and, as they thought, necessary part of the worship of the true God.To the Gentiles the Apostle gives this caution, that they should not contemn the Jews as weak, narrow-minded men, who laid so much stress on... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:4

Romans 14:4. Standeth or falleth, &c.— Falleth is here used in the destructive sense, and signifies being totally cast off. Comp. ch. Romans 11:11-12. Dr. Whitby explains the last clause, of God's convincing the Jewish converts in general of the indifference of the Mosaic ritual, by putting a speedy period to the very possibility of observing it, in the destruction at Jerusalem; which would have a peculiar efficacy to wean men's minds from an attachment to it, when considered in connection... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:5

Romans 14:5. One man esteemeth one day, &c.— The Apostle having, in the foregoing verse, used the phrase κρινων αλλοτριον οικετην, for judging any one to be or not to be another man's servant,—seems here to continue the use of the word τρινειν in the same signification; that is, for judging a day to be more particularly God's. Critics have observed, that the word πληροφορεισθω, rendered fully persuaded, is most properly applied to a ship, which is carried on by the wind and tide with all... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:6

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:5

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