Romans 14:3

ὁ ἐσθίων, sc. κρέα. The injunction is put in form as if the preceding statement had been negative, κρέα οὐκ ἐ.

μὴ ἐξ.—κρ. The idiomatic use = give up despising—judging; cf. Romans 14:13.

ἐξουθενείτω. The contempt which ignores:)[272] προσλαμβάνεσθαι; cf. Luke 18:9; Acts 4:11; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 6:4.

[272])(opposed to

κρινέτω. The judgment which makes sins out of what are not sins. Both tempers are subversive of ἀγαπη.

ὁ θεὸς γὰρ κ.τ.λ. This implies the principle of the whole argument against the validity of the law for Christians: but in such a way as to assume that there is now no controversy on the matter. His admission to the body of Christ carried no such conditions. The aor. must refer to that admission in baptism.