Romans 14:7. For none of us liveth unto himself, etc. The Christian's eating or not eating is unto the Lord, because the sum of his earthly existence, living and dying, is not ‘unto himself;' and this is true in the case of all. This is the negative side; the positive follows.
Verse Romans 14:7. _NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF_] The Greek writers use the phrase, εαυτω ζην, to signify acting according to one's own judgment, following one's own opinion. Christians must act in...
FOR NONE OF US ... - Whether by nature Jews or Gentiles. In the great principles of religion we are now united. Where there was evidence of a sincere desire to do the will of God there should be chari...
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...
A LESSON IN TOLERATION. A special homily for Rome (Romans 14:1 to Romans 15:13) follows the comprehensive exhortation of chs. 12 f. Some ascetic circle in the Roman Church (p. 650), led perhaps by Jew...
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...
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether we live or die we belong to the Lord. It was for this purpo...
NONE, NO MAN. Greek. _oudeis._ LIVETH. Greek. _zao_. App-170....
_For none of us_ Us the justified, the "sons of God." Here (and in Romans 14:8-9,) St Paul states the great principle on which the practice in question is, or should be, based. He takes it for granted...
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ΓᾺΡ ἩΜΩ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. None of us Christians. As Christians we all recognise our subordination, in living and in dying, to the one Lord. It must be assumed then that the particular rules a man makes...
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...
ΈΑΥΤΏ _dat. sing. от_ ΈΑΥΤΟΫ (G1438) _refl. pron. Dat._ преимущества или личной заинтересованности. ΖΉ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить, ΑΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G599) умира...
DISCOURSE: 1915 THE EXTENT AND GROUNDS OF CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE Romans 14:7. _None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die,...
FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF, &C.— _None of us,_ that is, "none of us Christians, _ought to live,"_ &c. The Apostle's argument stands thus: "According to the principles of true religion, and of th...
_TEXT_ Romans 14:1-12. But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. Romans 14:2 One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs. Romans 14:3 Let n...
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF (see the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:14) - to dispose of himself or shape his conduct after his own ide...
__ 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...
DIETH TO HIMSELF. — Even in the act of death the Christian is conscious of his relation to Christ; he dies “in the Lord” (Revelation 14:13)....
(7-9) The larger principle holds good, and therefore much more the smaller. It is not only his food that the Christian consecrates to God (or rather, immediately, to Christ, and through Christ to God)...
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...
f. οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἑαυτῷ ζῇ κ. τ. λ. The truth which has been affirmed in regard to the Christian's use of food, and observance or non-observance of days, is here based on a larger truth of which it i...
CONSIDERATION TOWARD BRETHREN Romans 14:1 The weak conscience needs further instruction. It is anemic and requires the hilltop, with its further view and bracing air; but in the meantime its owner mu...
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...
(10) For none of us liveth to (i) himself, and no man dieth to himself. (10) We must not rest, he says, in the meat itself, but in the use of the meat, so that he is justly to be reprehended that liv...
“ _For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For, whether we live, we live unto the Lord; whether we die_, _we die unto the Lord. Whether we live, therefore, or die_, _we are the...
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (5) One man esteemeth one day above another: a...
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...
_PERSONAL INFLUENCE_ ‘None of us liveth to himself.’ Romans 14:7 Twofold is the mystery bound up in each human life:— (_a_) _ It is lived out alone_. (_b_) _ It is bound up with others_. It is t...
7._For no one of us, etc. _He now confirms the former verse by an argument derived from the whole to a part, — that it is no matter of wonder that particular acts of our life should be referred to the...
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...
FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF,.... That is, none of us believers; others may, but these do not, at least they ought not, nor do they when under the influence of the grace of God: they do not live,...
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Ver. 7. _For none of us liveth to himself_] St Paul stood, as it were, on tiptoes, αποκαραδοκια, Philippians 1:20, to see which way he m...
_For none of us_ True Christians, in the things we do, _liveth to himself_ Is at his own disposal, doth his own will; _and no man dieth to himself_ Only for his own advantage, and according to his own...
NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF; the great object of every Christian, in life and death, is not himself, but Jesus Christ. His language is, Not my will, but thine be done....
Living unto the Lord:...
FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF, AND NO MAN DIETH TO HIMSELF....
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...
(SEE NOTES UNDER THE CHAPTER HEADING FOR MORE) 1 Receive the weak brother Don't allow his petty ideas to rule the church 2 Strong = Faith that allows greater liberty Weak = Lack of ability to allo...
FOR NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF, AND NONE DIETH TO HIMSELF. The motivation behind each group was, what they were doing was with God in mind....
7-13 Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live to themselves. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christiani...
Ver. 7,8. Here he proves what he had before asserted, that Christians have regard to God and his glory in their particular actions; and that from their general end and design, which is to devote thems...
For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself....
Romans 14:7 For G1063 none G3762 us G2257 lives G2198 (G5719) himself G1438 and G2532 one G3762 dies...
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...
‘For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.' The underlying reason for his judgment in this case is now given. It lies in the fact that we do not live and die to ourselves. What Paul i...
TO HIMSELF (εαυτω). Dative of advantage again. But to the Lord as he shows in verse Romans 14:8. Life and death focus in the Lord....
Romans 14:7 I. First among the causes of the gospel's triumph, if it be not rather the sole cause, is that the belief in the crucifixion and resurrection was not a bare profession, but a real inward l...
Romans 14:7 I. Look at the text as it is interpreted for us by the section of the Epistle to the Romans in which it is found. That section is devoted to an elucidation of the principles by which the e...
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...
FOR HIMSELF ONLY. Christians belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Whether in life or in death, we are his. [Some also see in this the thought that what we do affects others.]...
_For none of us liveth to himself._ NONE OF US LIVETH UNTO HIMSELF This is seen in-- I. Success, which can be secured only by co-operation. When one devotes himself to one kind of work and another...
_Him that is weak in the faith receive, but not to doubtful disputations._ STRONG AND WEAK Here is a lesson-- I. For those who are strong in the faith. 1. Not to provoke. 2. Nor despise those who...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 14:1 Paul addresses a specific dispute, probably over whether Christians need to follow Jewish food laws. He agrees with the “strong” (who did not feel compelled to follow those...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 14:7.—We are not to follow our own pleasure, nor obey our own inclinations. In life and death we, Christians, are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8.—Christians are Christ’s property, a...
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 6:19; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:10;...
To himself. But unto Christ. See ver. 8. Hence the meaning "a Christian should live for others," so often drawn from these words, is not the teaching of the passage....
None of us — Christians, in the things we do. Liveth to himself — Is at his own disposal; doeth his own will....
Here our apostle proves what he had before asserted, that Christians in their particular actions have. special regard to the Lord and his honour, because they devote themselves, living and dying, to t...