Romans 14:22 - Exposition

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God . Hast thou an enlightened faith, showing thee the unimportance of these observances? Do not parade it needlessly before men. θέλεις μαι δεῖξαι ὄτι τέλειος εἶ καὶ ἀπηρτισμένος μὴ ἐμοὶ δείκνοε ἀλλ ἀρκείτω τὸ συνειδός (Chrysostom). Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. Thy weak brother, if he abstains conscientiously, is thus happy; take care that thou art equally so in the exercise of thy freedom; for he that alloweth himself in anything that he is not fully convinced is lawful passes, ipso facto, judgment on himself.