Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 14:16
Let not then your good and lawful liberty be evil spoken of — By being offensive to others.
Let not then your good and lawful liberty be evil spoken of — By being offensive to others.
Verse Romans 14:16. _LET NOT THEN YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF_] Do not make such a use of your _Christian liberty_ as to subject the _Gospel_ itself to reproach. Whatsoever you do, do it in such a ma...
LET NOT THEN YOUR GOOD ... - That which you esteem to be right, and which may be right in itself. You are not bound by the ceremonial law. You are free from the yoke of bondage This freedom you esteem...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Strong and Weak Brethren are the Lord's Servants. (Romans 14:1 .)_ 2. The True Way of Love. (Romans 14:13 .) Romans 14:1 The question concerning brethren who were weak in faith, how...
CONSIDERATENESS INSTEAD OF CENSORIOUSNESS. Romans 14:13. Let us stop judging one another (_cf._ Matthew 7:1); but come rather to this judgment, not to lay a stumbling-block in a brother's way, etc. R...
So, then, let us stop passing judgment on each other, and rather let this be our only judgment--the determination not to put any hindrance or stumbling block in our brother's way. I know this, and I a...
RESPECT FOR SCRUPLES (Romans 14:1) _ 14:1 Welcome the man who is weak in the faith, but not with a view to passing judgment on his scruples._ In this chapter Paul is dealing with what may have been...
EVIL SPOKEN OF. blasphemed. See Romans 2:24....
_then_ THEREFORE. The word sums up and applies the previous reasonings. _your good_ i.e. your Christian light and liberty, in the "kingdom of God." Misuse of this would be sure to embitter Christian i...
ΜῊ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. As this ruin is the result of such action, do not give occasion for such a charge being brought against what is for you and in itself good. ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΕΊΣΘΩ. The result of such an action would b...
While Christian freedom is to be maintained, it must not be so maintained as to violate charity. S. Paul has developed in the strongest terms the Christian right, and consequently the wrong of judging...
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΕΊΣΘΩ _praes. imper. pass. от_ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΈΩ (G987) хулить, злословить. Разрешительный _pass._ ΎΜΏΝ ΤΌ ΆΓΑΘΌΝ (G4771; G3588; G18) ваше благо. Может относиться к внутренней свободе или Евангелию и...
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....
_TEXT_ Romans 14:13-23. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling. Romans 14:14 I know...
Let not then your good be evil spoken of: LET NOT THEN YOUR GOOD - i:e., this liberty of yours as to Jewish meats and days, well founded though it be, BE EVIL SPOKEN OF - by reason of the evil i...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 1 Fellowship among God's saints should not be based on knowledge or ignorance. God receives us even when we are feeble in faith. We should not cut from our fellowship on...
THE DUTY OF SYMPATHY AND TOLERATION In chapter Romans 13:12 St. Paul urged his readers, by their expectation of Christ's coming, to avoid the licence and immorality of the heathen. Now he turns to th...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 CHRISTIAN FREEDOM 14:1-12 V1 Accept people whose *faith is weak. But do not argue with them about their opinions. V...
YOUR GOOD. — That blessing of Christian liberty which you enjoy. This is not to be used so as to give rise to reproaches and recriminations which will make a bad impression on the outside world....
CHAPTER 29 CHRISTIAN DUTY: MUTUAL TENDERNESS AND TOLERANCE: THE SACREDNESS OF EXAMPLE Romans 14:1 BUT him who is weak-we might almost render, him who suffers from weakness, in his faith (in the sens...
The Apostle now proceeds to argue the question of Christian conduct in things indifferent from another point of view that of the influence which our conduct may have on others, and of the consideratio...
μὴ βλασφημείσθω οὖν ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαθόν. τὸ ἀγαθόν is somewhat in definite. It has been taken (1) as the good common to all Christians the Messianic salvation which will be blasphemed by the non-Christian,...
YIELDING RIGHTS FOR OTHERS' SAKE Romans 14:13 We must be careful of one another's faith. Unkind criticism or ridicule, or the strong pressure of our arguments and reasons may impede the divine life i...
The apostle now turned to discussion of some of the difficulties which may arise in the Christian Church. Dealing with the question of the animals sacrificed to idols he laid down a supreme principle...
(16) Let not then your good be evil spoken of: (16) Another argument: because by this means evil is spoken of the liberty of the gospel, as though it opens the way to attempt anything whatever, and g...
_Let not then our good, or which we have a Christian liberty to do with a good conscience, be evil spoken of, because of the disputes and quarrels you have about it. (Witham)_...
“ _Let not, then, the good you enjoy be evil spoken of._ ” The expression _your good_ has been applied to the kingdom of God (Meyer), or to faith (De Wette), or to the gospel (Philip.), or to the supe...
After having addressed the strong and the weak simultaneously, the apostle further addresses a warning to the former, to induce them not to use their liberty except in conformity with the law of love....
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (10) But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? for we...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
From the beginning of Chapter 14 to the end of Verse 7 in Chapter 15 another point is taken up, to which the different positions of the Jew and Gentile gave rise. It was difficult for a Jew to rid him...
LET NOT THEN YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF. The Vulgate Latin reads it, "our good", and so the Syriac version; the sense is the same, and to be understood either of the Gospel in general, which is good...
Let not then your good be evil spoken of: Ver. 16. _Let not then your good_] That is, your Christian liberty purchased by Christ. _ Be evil spoken of_] Gr. be blasphemed. Contumely cast upon the peo...
_I know_ By the light of reason; _and am persuaded_ Or assured; _by the Lord Jesus_ Probably by a particular revelation from him; _that there is nothing_ No kind of meat; _unclean of itself_ Or unlawf...
YOUR GOOD; your knowledge of your Christian liberty and freedom from the ceremonial law, which is a real good. BE EVIL SPOKEN OF; be an occasion of reproach and blame, by your using your liberty in su...
Of the abuse of Christian liberty:...
LET NOT, THEN, YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF;...
PERSONAL CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD In Romans 12:1 we have seen instruction in many details of moral conduct. In such cases conscience has no liberty to take any stand but that of truth and honor. Just so...
Liberty and its proper use 13 Do not place a stumbling block or death trap for a brother This is not trivial matter Fall = from grace, lost eternally, damnation 14 See note on verse 5 Weak - does...
LET NOT THEN YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF: 'your good' -the meat-eater's practice WAS GOOD! In fact all the practices under consideration here were 'good', they were not sinful! And yet, this good, if...
14-18 Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death: also that drawing a soul to sin, threatens the destruction of that soul. D...
Here is another argument against offences; it will cause our _good_ to be blasphemed, or _evil spoken of._ Some, by _good_ here, would understand the Christian faith, or the gospel in general; but oth...
Let not then your good be evil spoken of [Do not so use your liberty--the good you enjoy--as to provoke blame or censure, for by so doing you lose your power to influence others for good, whether they...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II "Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of; for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink," says the apostle, in order that the meal spoken of may not be c...
Romans 14:16 Therefore G3767 not G3361 let G987 your G5216 good G18 evil G987 (G5744)...
‘Do not then let your good be evil spoken of,' Thus we are not to let our good (our knowledge that nothing in itself is unclean) become something that is evilly spoken of because of the harm it does...
CHRISTIAN FREEDOM TO BE TEMPERED BY CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH REGARD TO FOOD FETISHES AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE (14:1-23). Paul now deals with the question of whether to observe a...
Romans 14:16. LET NOT THAN YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF, lit, ‘blasphemed.' ‘Then' implies that to act in the way forbidden in Romans 14:15 would have this result. The exhortation may be applied to the...
2. _Proper Use of Christian Liberty on the Part of the Stronger Brethren._ The section opens with a caution against judging (Romans 14:13 a), which furnishes a transition to the leading thought, namel...
II. SPECIAL DISCUSSION RESPECTING THE SCRUPLES OF CERTAIN WEAK BRETHREN. This part of the Epistle was occasioned by the existence at Rome of a class of Christians who had scruples in regard to eating...
YOUR GOOD (υμων το αγαθον). "The good thing of you" = the liberty or Christian freedom which you claim.BE EVIL SPOKEN OF (βλασφημεισθω). Present passive imperative of βλασφημεω for which see Matt...
CONTENTS: Law of love concerning doubtful things. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: To do what conscience allows is not always right and to do what it questions is always wrong....
Romans 14:1. _Him that is weak in the faith receive ye._ The apostolic churches were composed of jews and gentiles. Most of the jews were zealous of the law, and observed the legal distinctions of mea...
DO NOT LET. "Do not let your freedom in Christ become so repulsive to your weak brother that it seems to be blasphemy to him." Compare 1 Corinthians 9:19-22; 1 Corinthians 10:28-33....
_Let not then your good be evil spoken off _ WE OUGHT NOT, FOR WE HAVE NONE TOO MUCH. We may through-- 1. Ignorance. 2. Levity of temper. 3. Moroseness. 4. Want of stability. 5. Improvidence....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:15 For the sake of the weak, the strong should refrain from eating certain foods. They must be careful not to DESTROY the faith of a brother or sister. Lack of love for the we...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 14:16. LET NOT YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF.—Let not Christian liberty be abused by offence given to the weak. Romans 14:17. THE KINGDOM OF GOD.—What commends us to God is not...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 14:1 F. _The duty of enlightened Christians towards weak brethren. _From moral duties in general of Christians towards each other and towards all the apostle now passes to such as t...
In the fourteenth chapter Paul deals now with another issue. Him that is weak in the faith receive, but not to doubtful disputations (Romans 14:1). Don't get into arguments with them, doubtful dispu...
1 Corinthians 10:29; 1 Corinthians 10:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Corinthians 8:20;...
Your good [υ μ ω ν τ ο α γ α θ ο ν]. Referring, most probably, to the liberty of the strong. Others think that the whole Church is addressed, in which case good would refer to the gospel doctrine. 68...