Keep what you believe. Freedom must be balanced by a sense of responsibility. We may hold many opinions, but we may not force them on others. Happy is the man. "Happy is the man with a clear conscience, who does not allow himself to do those things which he secretly believes to be wrong."
ROMANS 14:22 @h]n# e;ceij {C} The relative h[n is supported by several excellent Alexandrian witnesses (a A B C) and by a few Old Latin manuscripts (itr, ar). The shorter reading without h[n is curre...
Verse Romans 14:22. _HAST THOU FAITH?_] The term _faith_ seems to signify in this place a _full persuasion in a man's mind that he is right_, that what he does is _lawful_, and has the _approbation o...
HAST THOU FAITH? - The word “faith” here refers only to the subject under discussion - to the subject of meats, drinks, etc. Do you believe that it is right to eat all kinds of food, etc. The apostle...
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...
It is the fine thing neither to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything which makes the road more difficult for your brother to walk. As far as you yourselves are concerned you have enough fai...
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...
TO. as concerning. App-104. Compare rendering of _kata_ in Ephesians 4:22.Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 9:9. befo
_Hast thou faith?_ "_Thou_" is emphatic, and marks the contrast of the persons the "strong" and the "weak." "_Faith_" here, as throughout the Epistle, is (in its radical idea) justifying faith; trustf...
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...
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...
ΣῪΠ. Κ.Τ.Λ. π. ἔχεις = πιστεύει Romans 14:2. It is not necessary to exhibit your faith in this matter to men: to be taken with the preceding. ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. gives the final contrast between the reall...
ΈΧΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΚΡΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить. Subst. part. praes. используется для описания постоянной особенности. ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от...
DISCOURSE: 1918 REGARD TO CONSCIENCE RECOMMENDED Romans 14:22. _Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth_. IT is well known that there is a great diversity of opinion a...
HAST THOU FAITH?— There is no necessity for reading the first clause interrogatively; and it seems more agreeable to the structure of the Greek;—_Thou hast faith:_ as if he had said, "I own you have a...
_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...
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. HAST THOU FAITH? (ON SUCH MATTERS): HAVE IT TO THYSELF (WITHIN THINE OWN BRE...
__ 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...
HAST THOU FAITH?] RV 'The faith which thou hast.' HAVE _it_ TO THYSELF] i.e. do not force it upon others; respect the scruples of the weak. CONDEMNETH] RV 'judgeth.' ALLOWETH] RV 'approveth.'...
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...
HAST THOU FAITH? — It is with some reluctance that in deference to the union of the four best MSS. we give up the Received text here, and substitute (by the insertion of the relative) “The faith which...
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 true text is σὺ πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις : “the faith that thou hast, have thou to thyself in the sight of God”. The verse is still addressed to the strong. The faith he has is the enlightened faith which...
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...
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...
(19) Hast thou (q) faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he (r) alloweth. (19) He gives a double warning in these matters: one, which pe...
Hast thou faith? [2] He doth not here mean, saith St. John Chrysostom, a faith to believe divine truths. But art thou by faith persuaded in mind and conscience, that to eat meats formerly forbidden, i...
“ _As to thee, thou hast faith;have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that thing which he approveth! But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not...
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....
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. (23) And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:...
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...
22._Hast thou faith? _In order to conclude, he shows in what consists the advantage of Christian liberty: it hence appears, that they boast falsely of liberty who know not how to make a right use of i...
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...
HAST THOU FAITH? HAVE IT TO THYSELF BEFORE GOD,.... Which is to be understood, not of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the doctrines of the Gospel; for a man that has such faith given him, ought...
Hast thou faith? have _it_ to thyself before God. Happy _is_ he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. Ver. 22. _Hast thou faith_] _Posse, et nolle, nobile est._ To be able, and...
_Hast thou faith_ That these things are lawful? _Have it to thyself, before God_ In circumstances like these keep it to thyself, and do not offend others by it. _Happy is he that condemneth not himsel...
HAST THOU FAITH? do you believe that the ceremonial law is abolished, and that it is right for you to eat all kinds of food? be grateful to God for this light, but do not use it in such a manner as to...
HAST THOU FAITH? HAVE IT TO THYSELF BEFORE GOD. HAPPY IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH NOT HIMSELF IN THAT THING WHICH HE ALLOWS....
Avoid all offense:...
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...
IT IS GOOD NOT TO EAT FLESH, NOR TO DRINK WINE, NOR TO DO ANYTHING WHEREBY THY BROTHER STUMBLETH. Romans 14:22 The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth no...
19-23 Many wish for peace, and talk loudly for it, who do not follow the things that make for peace. Meekness, humility, self-denial, and love, make for peace. We cannot edify one another, while quar...
HAST THOU FAITH? HAVE IT TO THYSELF BEFORE GOD: some read the first clause without an interrogation, thou hast faith; either way the sense is the same. The apostle here anticipates an objection. The s...
The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. [The faith or conviction of liberty which thou hast need not be abandoned; but it should be held or preserved in the heart before God, and s...
Romans 14:22 you G4771 have G2192 (G5719) faith G4102 Have G2192 (G5720) to G2596 yourself G4572 before...
‘The faith which you have, have you to yourself before God. Happy is he does not judge himself in what he approves.' So Paul completes his argument by urging the strong believers to have their faith w...
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 14:22. THE FAITH WHICH THEN HAST, etc. The authority for ‘which' is decisive, and this reading gives the above rendering, which does not alter the purport of the verse. HAVE IT TO THYSELF BEFO...
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...
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...
HAVE THOU TO THYSELF BEFORE GOD (συ--κατα σεαυτον εχε ενωπιον του θεου). Very emphatic position of συ at the beginning of the sentence, "Thou there." The old MSS. put ην (relative "which") after πι...
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...
_Hast thou faith?_ Have it to thyself before God. DUTIES IN REGARD TO THINGS INDIFFERENT Some things are unlawful in their own nature, and can never be right. Others are wrong because forbidden, an...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:22 The strong are likely addressed here. THE FAITH THAT YOU HAVE means their faith that they may eat anything (see vv. Romans 14:1,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 14:20.—The work of God is the faith of a fellow-Christian. Romans 14:21.—Three forms of spiritual damage, corresponding with the three blessings in Romans 14:17, which are pr...
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 John 3:21; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 24:16; Galatians 6:1; James 3:13
Hast thou faith [σ υ π ι σ τ ι ν ε χ ε ι ς]. The best texts insert hn which. "The faith which thou hast have thou to thyself," etc. So Rev. Condemneth not himself [κ ρ ι ν ω ν]. Rev., better, judgeth...
Hast thou faith — That all things are pure? Have it to thyself before God — In circumstances like these, keep it to thyself, and do not offend others by it. Happy is he that condemneth not himself — B...
Here the apostle answers an objection: "Some might be ready to say, that they had faith, that is,. firm and full persuasion that it is lawful for them to eat those meats, which others judged to be sin...