Romans 14:1

Romans 14:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
• New International Version (NIV)Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.

Context of Romans 14:1

Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputes about opinions. 2One person has faith to eat anything, but the weak eats only vegetables. 3Don’t let the one who eats disparage the one who does not eat, and don’t let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.

Romans 14:1 word by word

Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Him that is weakἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: weakG770
• in the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• receive yeπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• notμήmē · notG3361
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• doubtfulδιαλογισμόςdialogismos · reasoningG1261
• disputationsδιάκρισιςdiakrisis · discernmentG1253

Cross-references for Romans 14:1

• Romans 14:21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything by which your brother stumbles.
• Romans 4:19And without becoming weak in faith, he considered his own body—as good as dead, since he was already a hundred years old—and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
• Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not just please ourselves.
• Job 4:3Behold, you have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands.
• Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands, make firm the wobbly knees.
• Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.
• Isaiah 42:3A bruised reed He will not break. A smoldering wick He will not snuff out. He will faithfully bring forth justice.
• Ezekiel 34:4You do not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring back the stray or seek the lost. Instead, you have ruled over them with force and cruelty.
• Zechariah 11:16For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the dying, seek out the young or heal the injured or nourish the healthy. Instead he will eat the meat of the choice sheep, even tearing off their hoofs.”
• Matthew 12:20A crushed reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, until He brings forth justice to victory.
• Matthew 14:31Immediately Yeshua reached out His hand and grabbed him. And He said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
• Matthew 18:6“But whoever causes one of these little ones who trust in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea!
• Luke 17:2It would be better for him to have a millstone put around his neck and to be hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as Spirit-filled but as worldly—as infants in Messiah.
• 1 Corinthians 8:7But that knowledge is not in everyone—some, so accustomed to idols up until now, eat food as an idol sacrifice; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
• 1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, so that I might win over the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means possible I might save some.

Commentaries on Romans 14:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Him that is weak in the faith - By this the apostle most evidently means the converted Jew, who must indeed be weak in the faith, if he considered this distinction of meats and days essential to his salvation. See on Romans 14:21; (note). Receive ye - Associate with him; receive him into your religious fellowship; but when there, let all religious altercations be avoided. Not to doubtful disputations - . These words have been variously translated and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Him that is weak - The design here is to induce Christians to receive to their fellowship those who had scruples about the propriety of certain things, or that might have special prejudices and feelings as the result of education or former habits of belief. The apostle, therefore, begins by admitting that such an one may be “weak,” that is, not fully established, or not with so clear and enlarged views about Christian liberty others might have. In the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Jewish converts cautioned against judging, and Gentile believers against despising one the other. (1-13) And the Gentiles exhorted to take heed of giving offence in their use of indifferent things. (14-23) Verses 1-6 Differences of opinion prevailed even among the immediate followers of Christ and their disciples. Nor did St. Paul attempt to end them. Compelled assent to any doctrine, or conformity to outward observances without being convinced, would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1whose faith is weak: This means having a sensitive conscience about doing certain things that Christian freedom would allow. In Rome, most believers who were weak in faith were Jewish Christians. Their consciences did not allow them freedom from some practices required by the Jewish law.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-23The subject here, and on to Ro 15:13, is the consideration due from stronger Christians to their weaker brethren; which is but the great law of love (treated of in the thirteenth chapter) in one particular form. 1. Him that is weak in the faith--rather, "in faith"; that is, not "him that is weak in the truth believed" [Calvin, Beza, Alford, &c.], but (as most interpreters agree), "him whose faith wants that firmness and breadth which would raise him above…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 14:1

• Charitableness
• Church
• Commandments
• Conscience
• Evil
• Fellowship
• Self-Denial
• Strife
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Esteem
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• Discernings of Spirits
• Disputation
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Commentaries on Romans 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings