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Romans 14

Rom. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Him that is weak
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
astheneo (Greek #770)
to be feeble (in any sense)
KJV usage: be diseased, impotent folk (man), (be) sick, (be, be made) weak.
Pronounce: as-then-eh'-o
Origin: from 772
in the faith
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
receive ye
proslambano (Greek #4355)
to take to oneself, i.e. use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality)
KJV usage: receive, take (unto).
Pronounce: pros-lam-ban'-o
Origin: from 4314 and 2983
, but ηnot
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
to
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
doubtful
dialogismos (Greek #1261)
discussion, i.e. (internal) consideration (by implication, purpose), or (external) debate
KJV usage: dispute, doubtful(-ing), imagination, reasoning, thought.
Pronounce: dee-al-og-is-mos'
Origin: from 1260
disputations
diakrisis (Greek #1253)
judicial estimation
KJV usage: discern(-ing), disputation.
Pronounce: dee-ak'-ree-sis
Origin: from 1252
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η
or, not to judge his doubtful thoughts.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-12:  Men may not contemn nor condemn one another for things indifferent;
13-14:  but take heed that they give no offence in them;
15-23:  which the apostle proves unlawful by many reasons.
weak.
Rom. 14:21• 21It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak. (Rom. 14:21)
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Rom. 4:19• 19and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb, (Rom. 4:19)
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Rom. 15:1,7• 1But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
 7Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God. (Rom. 15:1,7)
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Job 4:3• 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands; (Job 4:3)
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Isa. 35:3‑4• 3Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees.
 4Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you. (Isa. 35:3‑4)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)
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Isa. 42:3• 3A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth. (Isa. 42:3)
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Ezek. 34:4,16• 4The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.
 16I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment. (Ezek. 34:4,16)
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Zech. 11:16• 16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces. (Zech. 11:16)
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Matt. 12:20• 20a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Matt. 12:20)
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Matt. 14:31• 31And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? (Matt. 14:31)
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Matt. 18:6,10• 6But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.
 10See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 18:6,10)
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Luke 17:2• 2It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones. (Luke 17:2)
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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• 1And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.
 2I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)
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1 Cor. 8:7‑13• 7But knowledge is not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
 8But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
 9But see lest anywise this your right to eat itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
 10For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?
 11and the weak one, the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.
 12Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
 13Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother. (1 Cor. 8:7‑13)
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1 Cor. 9:22• 22I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some. (1 Cor. 9:22)
receive.
Rom. 15:7• 7Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God. (Rom. 15:7)
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Matt. 10:40‑42• 40He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.
 41He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.
 42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Matt. 10:40‑42)
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Matt. 18:5• 5and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me. (Matt. 18:5)
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John 13:20• 20Verily, verily, I say to you, He who receives whomsoever I shall send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who has sent me. (John 13:20)
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Phil. 2:29• 29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour; (Phil. 2:29)
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2 John 10• 10If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into the house, and greet him not; (2 John 10)
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3 John 8‑10• 8*We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
 9I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
 10For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly. (3 John 8‑10)
doubtful disputations.
or, judge his doubtful thoughts.
Rom. 14:2‑5• 2One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs.
 3Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
 4Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
 5One man esteems day more than day; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind. (Rom. 14:2‑5)
• We may become so narrow as to reject a brother weak in faith, or we may make our receiving a cavilling person the determining of doubtful questions and reasoning speculations. (“Romans 14” by C. Stanley)
• It was difficult for a Jew to rid himself of the sense of difference between days and between meats. A Gentile, having abandoned his whole religious system as idolatrous, held to nothing. Human nature is liable in this respect to sin on both sides—a want of conscience, an unbridled will; and a ceremonial conscience. (“Romans 14:1-15:7” by J.N. Darby)
• If we are in a higher state, to show it by receiving one another, as Christ has received us, to the glory of God, which eclipses man and his petty superiorities, and which kindles charity and makes it ardent, earnest in seeking the good of others—taking us so out of self, and beyond little things, that we are able to adapt ourselves to others, where the will of God and His glory are not in question. (“Romans 14:1-15:7” by J.N. Darby)
• A person "weak in the faith" is deficient in his understanding of the Christian's position and liberty (Gal. 5:1). (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Weak in the Faith: Romans 14-15:13” by B. Anstey)
• By adding, "Not to doubtful disputations," Paul is cautioning us to avoid engaging such persons in arguments concerning their scruples. (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Weak in the Faith: Romans 14-15:13” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to the determining of questions ofd reasoning.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "disputes in."

W. Kelly Translation

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But him that is weak in the faith receive not unto decisionsa of reasonings.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "doubts," doubtful points.