Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 14:1-23
Romans 14:5 'Do consider the immense strength of that single verse, Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind,' writes Dr. Arnold of Rugby. 'I am myself so much inclined to the idea of a strong social bond that I ought not to be suspected of any tendency to anarchy; yet I am beginning to think that the idea may be over-strained, that this attempt to merge the soul and will of the individual man in the general body is, when fully developed, contrary to the very essence of Christianity.... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:21
(21) It is good neither to eat flesh.—These direct, clear, incisive sentences are as characteristic of the style of the Apostle (when he is dealing with moral questions of present urgency, and not with the abstract problems of theology) as the generous impulse which prompts them is of his heart.Any thing—i.e., to do anything; all three words have to be supplied.Or is offended, or is made weak.—There is a remarkable division of authority for the omission or retention of these words, the Sinaitic... read more