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Romans 14

1 The weak ought not be despised. 11 No man should offend another’s conscience, 15 But one to support another in chartity
1.aHim that is weak in the faith, receive unto you, but not bfor controversies of disputations.
2.One believeth that he may eat of all things: and another, which is weak, eateth herbs.
3.Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4.*Who art thou that condemnest another man’s servant? he standeth or falleth to his own cmaster: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.
5.This man esteemeth one day above another day, and another man counteth every day alike: let every man be dfully persuaded in his mind.
6.He that eobserveth the day, observeth it to the fLord: and he that observeth not the day, observeth it not to the Lord. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giveth God thanks: and he that geateth not, heateth not to the Lord, and giveth God thanks.
7.For none of us liveth to ihimself, neither doeth any die to himself.
8.For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9.For Christ therefore died and rose again, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the quick.
10.But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou despise thy brother? *for we shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
11.For it is written,*I klive, saith the Lord, and every knee shall bow to me, and all tongues shall lconfess unto God.
12.So then every one of us shall give accounts of himself to God.
13.Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but use your judgment rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling block before his brother.
14.mI know, and am persuaded through the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but unto him that judgeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15.But if thy brother be grieved for the meat, now walkest thou not charitably: *destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16.Cause not your ncommodity to be evil spoken of.
17.For the okingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the holie Ghost.
18.For whosoever pin these things serveth Christ, is acceptable unto God, and is approved of men.
19.Let us then follow those things which concern peace, and wherewith one may edify another.
20.Destroy not the work of God for meats sake: *all things indeed are pure: but it is evil for the man which eateth with offence.
21.*It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing, whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weak.
22.Hast thou qfaith? have it with thyself before God: blessed is he that rcondemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23.For he that doubteth, is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: and whatsoever is not of s faith, is sin.

Notes

1-a.
That is, the doctrine of the Gospel.
1-b.
Lest he should depart either more ignorant then he came, or else with a greater scruple of conscience.
4-*.
Jam. 4.12
4-c.
It is the Lord’s matter and not thine.
5-d.
We must be assured in our conscience by God’s word in all things that we do: that if we be strong, we may know what is our liberty and if we be weak, we may learn to profit daily.
6-e.
That counteth one day more holy then another.
6-f.
Who judgeth whether he doeth well or no.
6-g.
Because he thinks the meat unclean by the Law.
6-h.
Here we must note three things: first, that he speaks of things which of themselves are indifferent, albeit in the Law they were not: next, that he reproves not the condemning of the act but of the persons: thirdly that he means not the stubborn and malicious, who he calls dogs and concision, but the weak and infirm to whom as yet God had not revealed the perfect liberty.
7-i.
Both our life, and death ought to profit our brother.
10-*.
2 Cor. 5.10,
11-*.
Isa. 45.23, Phil. 2.10
11-k.
This oath particularly appertains to God who is the true life of himself, and gives it to all others.
11-l.
And acknowledge me for their God.
14-m.
He prevents the objection which the Christians might use.
15-*.
1 Cor. 8.11
16-n.
Which is the benefit of Christian liberty by abusing whereof ye cause the weaklings to blaspheme the Gospel which might seem to them contrary to God’s will, and the doctrine of the Law.
17-o.
God will not reign over his by such observations.
18-p.
In peace and righteousness.
20-*.
Titus 1.15
21-*.
1 Cor. 8.13
22-q.
Faith here is taken for a full persuasion of the Christian liberty in things indifferent as the Apostle interprets it in the 14 verse.
22-r.
Which have none evil remorse of conscience in his doing.
23-s.
Meaning, of a right conscience.