Romans 14:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

Thy brother

1 Corinthians 8:12

Now

Destroy

1 Corinthians 8:11

2 Peter 2:1

1 John 2:2

General references

1 Corinthians 16:14

Galatians 2:18

Philippians 2:5

Bible References

Thy brother

Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.

Now

Love avoids doing any wrong to one's fellow man, and is therefore complete obedience to Law.

Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.

Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.

If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.

You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.

united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

Destroy

Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also, who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and bringing on themselves swift destruction.

and He is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

General references

Let all that you do be done from motives of love.

Why, if I am now rebuilding that structure of sin which I had demolished, I am thereby constituting myself a transgressor;

Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.