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12 So then aeach of us shall give account of himself to God.  
13 Therefore let us not judge one another1 anymore, but rather resolve this, anot to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.  

The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus athat there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.  
15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. aDo not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.  
16 aTherefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;  
17 afor the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and bpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit.  
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Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (oida kai pepeismai en kuriw Ihsou). He knows it and stands persuaded (perfect passive indicative of peiqw, to persuade), but in the sphere of the Lord Jesus (cf. Romans 9:1), not by mere rational processes.

Unclean of itself (kainon di eautou). So Paul takes his stand with the "strong" as in I Corinthians 8:4 f., but he is not a libertine. Paul's liberty as to food is regulated by his life in the Lord. For this use of koinov, not as common to all (Acts 2:44; Acts 4:32), but unhallowed, impure, see on Mark 7:2, Mark 7:5; Acts 10:14, Acts 10:28. God made all things for their own uses.

Save that (ei mh). The exception lies not in the nature of the food (di eautou), but in the man's view of it (to him, ekeinw, dative case).




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

Acts 10:14
Romans 3:28
1 Corinthians 7:17
1 Timothy 4:4

 

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