Verse 3
3. Let not The apostle himself belongs not to the weak or over scrupulous side, but to the strong or less scrupulous. He therefore first conciliates both sides, and then (Romans 14:4) strongly maintains the sustainability by God of the stronger but less scrupulous thinkers.
Despise The natural feeling of the sounder mind toward the morbid conscience is contempt.
Judge The feeling of the stricter conscience toward the less scrupulous is condemnation. These weaklings are not so clearly weaklings in their own estimation. On the contrary, the apostle warns them against arrogant judging, and through 10-13 cites them to the judgment seat of Christ.
God hath received him A protective against the strong judgment of the weakling, continued through next verse. 4.
God is able Though condemned for lax conscience, God is mighty to sustain the advocate for the innocence of every diet. It is not always the stricter side of a moral question that is right.
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