romans-14:7-9,-matthew-18:21-35

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:9

Jesus Christ also lived, died, and lives again. Consequently He is Lord of both those who have died and those who are still alive. Paul’s point was that He is the Judge, and we are not. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 14:1-23

The Duty of Sympathy and TolerationIn 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 the opposite extreme, and deals with the ascetic scrupulousness of certain Christians.Under the Jewish Law there was a distinction between clean and unclean meats. This distinction, which perpetuated the separation between Jew and Gentile, Christ abolished (Mark 7:19 RV), as was afterwards revealed to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:7

(7) 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). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:7-9

(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), but his whole life, to its very last moments. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:9

(9) And rose, and revived.—For these words the best MSS. substitute simply “and lived.” The Received text is a gloss upon this. It was through the resurrection that Christ was finally enthroned at His Father’s right hand, and that universal dominion was given to Him. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 14:1-23

Romans 14:5 'Do consider the immense strength of that single verse, Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind,' writes Dr. Arnold of Rugby. 'I am myself so much inclined to the idea of a strong social bond that I ought not to be suspected of any tendency to anarchy; yet I am beginning to think that the idea may be over-strained, that this attempt to merge the soul and will of the individual man in the general body is, when fully developed, contrary to the very essence of Christianity.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

Chapter 29CHRISTIAN DUTY: MUTUAL TENDERNESS AND TOLERANCE: THE SACREDNESS OF EXAMPLERomans 14:1-23BUT him who is weak-we might almost render, him who suffers from weakness, in his faith (in the sense here not of creed, a meaning of πίστις rare in St. Paul, but of reliance on his Lord; reliance not only for justification but, in this case, for holy liberty), welcome into fellowship-not for criticisms of his scruples, of his διαλογισμοί, the anxious internal debates of conscience. One man... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 14:1-23

CHAPTER 14 1. Strong and Weak Brethren are the Lord’s Servants. (Romans 14:1-12 .) 2. The True Way of Love. (Romans 14:13-23 .) Romans 14:1-12 The question concerning brethren who were weak in faith, how they are to be treated by those who are strong is now taken up. Those weak in the faith had not the complete knowledge of their position in Christ, though they knew Christ and loved Him. They did not realize that certain observances of days, or abstinences from meats and drinks, could not... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 14:7

14:7 {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 lives in such a way that he does not cast his eyes upon God, for both our life and our death is dedicated to him, and for this cause Christ has properly died, and not simply that we might eat this meat or that.(i) Has respect to himself only, which the Hebrews say in this manner, "Do well to his... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 14:1-23

Personal Conscience Toward God In Romans 12:1-21 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 in Romans 13:1-14, where questions of government are involved. For conscience sake I must be subject. If conscience requires my disobedience to authorities in order that I might obey God, it is a different matter; but I cannot plead that conscience allows me to disobey authorities simply... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 14:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:7-9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 14:9

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 14:1-23

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 14:1-23

Geneva Study Bible - Romans 14:7

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 14:1-23

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