Romans 14:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Romans 14:1

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

Weak

Receive

3 John 1:8

Doubtful disputations

Romans 14:2

Bible References

Weak

The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.

And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.

Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"

But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.

And as for myself, brethren, I found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men. It had to be as to worldlings--mere babes in Christ.

But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.

To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.

Receive

Habitually therefore give one another a friendly reception, just as Christ also has received you, and thus promote the glory of God.

"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.

And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me.

In most solemn truth I tell you that he who receives whoever I send receives me, and that he who receives me receives Him who sent me."

Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;

If any one who comes to you does not bring this teaching, do not receive him under your roof nor bid him Farewell.

It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.

Doubtful disputations

One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.