Romans 14:6 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Romans 14:6

4 ^aWho are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

5 ^aOne person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.

6 He who ^aobserves the day, observes it to the Lord;¹ and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for ^bhe gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

7 For ^anone of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

8 For if we ^alive, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

9 For ^ato this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be ^bLord of both the dead and the living.

10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For ^awe shall all stand before the judgment seat of¹ Christ.

11 For it is written:
^a“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

Commentaries:

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Romans 14:6

Regardeth (fronei). "Thinks of," "esteems," "observes," "puts his mind on" (from frhn, mind). The Textus Receptus has also "he that regardeth not," but it is not genuine.

Unto the Lord (kuriw). Dative case. So as to tw qew (unto God). He eats unto the Lord, he eats not unto the Lord. Paul's principle of freedom in non-essentials is most important. The Jewish Christians still observed the Seventh day (the Sabbath). The Gentile Christians were observing the first day of the week in honour of Christ's Resurrection on that day. Paul pleads for liberty.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 14:6:

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