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ROMANS 14:23 evsti,n) {A}
A full discussion of the problems of the termination of the Epistle to
the Romans involves questions concerning the authenticity and
integrity of the last chapter (or of the...
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Verse Romans 14:23. _AND HE THAT DOUBTETH_] This verse is a necessary
part of the preceding, and should be read thus: _But he that_
_doubteth is condemned if he eat_, because he eateth _not of faith_...
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HE THAT DOUBTETH - He that is not fully satisfied in his mind; who
does not do it with a clear conscience. The margin has it rendered
correctly, “He that discerneth and putteth a difference between
me...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND. But.
DOUBTETH. See Romans 4:20.
DAMNED. condemned. App-122.
IF. App-118.
OF, OF. App-104.
FOR. and.
WHATSOEVER... SIN. i.e. whatever is done by the believer that does not
proceed from the f...
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_And he that doubteth_ This verse, like the last clause, is really
aimed at the "strong" Christian's mistaken conduct. He is reminded of
the real sin he may occasion in his "weak" fellow-Christian. Se...
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Ὁ ΔῈ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. Cf. James 1:6, ‘he
that hesitates or doubts,’ who wavers in his judgment; cf. Romans
4:20; Acts 10:20.
ΚΑΤΑΚΈΡΙΤΑΙ is at once condemned by the act, not by the
doubt.
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚ...
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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...
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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...
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ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΔΙΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G1252) судить, колебаться,
взвешивать мнения....
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AND HE THAT DOUBTETH, IS DAMNED, &C.— _Is convicted_ [of sin] _if he
eat, because it is not according to his belief: for whatsoever_ [a man
doeth] _not according to his persuasion, is sin._ The word r...
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_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...
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And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of
faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
AND (RATHER, 'BUT') HE THAT DOUBTETH IS DAMNED (see the note on the
word "damnation...
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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...
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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...
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DAMNED] RV 'condemned.' FAITH] here = strong conviction. 'The words do
not apply to those who are not Christians, nor to the works of those
who are Christians done before they became such, but to the...
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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...
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AND HE THAT DOUBTETH. — The one thing which justifies a man in
neglecting such nice and punctilious distinctions is a faith so strong
that it can afford to make light of them. Where faith is not stron...
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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...
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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...
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ὁ δὲ διακρινόμενος ἐὰν φάγῃ
κατακέκριται : such, on the other hand, is the unhappy
situation of the weak a new motive for charity. For διακριν.
_cf._ Romans 4:20; James 1:6; Mark 11:23. The weak Chris...
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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...
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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...
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And he that (s) doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not
of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.
(s) Reasons with himself....
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He that discerneth, or who judgeth that he ought to abstain from such
meats, if he eat, is self-condemned, because he acts not according to
his faith. For whatever a man doth, and is not according to...
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“ _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...
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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....
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! In all the circumstances of life we may well bear with the
weak in faith, and receive none to doubtful disputations, while
earnest in the grand points of the cross to contend for t...
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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:...
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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...
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23._But he who is undecided, etc. _He very fitly expresses in one word
the character of that mind which vacillates and is uncertain as to
what ought to be done; for he who is undecided undergoes alter...
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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...
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AND HE THAT DOUBTETH,.... Or makes a difference between meats and
meats, or is in suspense whether any difference should be observed or
not,
IS DAMNED; not with everlasting damnation, which is not th...
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And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because _he eateth_ not of
faith: for whatsoever _is_ not of faith is sin.
Ver. 23. _Is damned_] Both of his doubting conscience, which soundeth
heavily, as...
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_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...
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HE THAT DOUBTETH; the lawfulness of any thing, and yet does it when
there is no doubt about the lawfulness of abstaining from it, IS
DAMNED; condemned as guilty of sin.
WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH; wh...
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AND HE THAT DOUBTS IS DAMNED IF HE EAT, BECAUSE HE EATETH NOT OF
FAITH; FOR WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN.
Paul now draws a conclusion which is applicable to all conditions and
circumstances of Ch...
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Avoid all offense:...
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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...
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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...
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DOUBTETH:
Or, discerneth, and putteth a difference between meats...
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BUT HE THAT DOUBTETH IS CONDEMNED IF HE EAT, BECAUSE HE EATETH NOT OF
FAITH; AND WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN.
NOTE: Even in area's of indifference,. violation of conscience is
wrong! The only s...
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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...
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In this verse is another aphorism, respecting especially the weaker
Christian. HE THAT DOUBTETH of the lawfullness of any meat, whether he
may or may not eat it, IS DAMNED IF HE EAT, i.e. His own cons...
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But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of
faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin. [The apostle here
presents the contrast between the strong and the weak. The former...
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Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I
in this matter or not. And he that doubteth in the matter of meats,
the apostle tells us, "is damned if he eat."[164]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI
as for us...
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‘But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because (it is) not of
faith, and whatever is not of faith is sin.'
But if someone who wavers over whether it is right to eat meat, on the
grounds that it m...
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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...
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Romans 14:23. BUT HE THAT DOUBTETH (in contrast with the one who
judgeth not himself) IS (has been and is) CONDEMNED, IF HE EAT ‘The
act of eating itself condemns him, of course, according to the Divi...
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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...
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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...
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HE THAT DOUBTETH
(ο διακρινομενος). Present middle participle of
διακρινω, to judge between (δια), to hesitate. See James
1:6 for this same picture of the double-minded man. Cf. Romans 4:20;
Mark 1...
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DAMNED
Condemned, that is, as in (Romans 14:22).
SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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....
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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...
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BUT IF HE HAS DOUBTS. The last half of Romans 14:22 begins this
thought. The man who does allow himself to do those things which he
secretly believes to be wrong, sins, and God condemns him. NOT BASED...
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:23 No one should eat unclean food if he has
DOUBTS about the rightness of the activity. Indeed, anything believers
do apart from FAITH is sin....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Corinthians 8:7; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 13:2;...
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Faith. In Christ. "So far as it brings with it the moral confidence as
to what in general and under given circumstances is the right
christian mode of action" (Meyer).
Some authorities insert here the...
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Because it is not of faith — He does not believe it lawful and, in
all these cases, whatsoever is not of faith is sin — Whatever a man
does without a full persuasion of its lawfulness, it is sin to hi...
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That is, "He that doubteth whether he should eat or no, and yet eats,
is condemned of himself, because he doth. thing when he is not
satisfied of its lawfulness; for whatsoever is not done of faith, t...