Romans 14:13 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 14:13

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

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ASV

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother’s way, or an occasion of falling.

KJV

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Let us not therefore judge ... - Since we are to give account of ourselves at the same tribunal; since we must be there on the same “level,” let us not suppose that we have a right here to sit in judgment on our fellow-Christians. But judge this rather - If disposed to “judge,” let us be employed in a better kind of judging; let us come “to a determination” not to injure the cause of Christ. This is an instance of the happy “turn” which the apostle would give to a discussion.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Of guilt to our brother. The former is a stumbling-block, that gives our brother a great shake, and is a hindrance and discouragement to him; but this is an occasion to fall.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I know, and am persuaded by--or rather, "in" the Lord Jesus--as "having the mind of Christ" (1Co 2:16). that there is nothing unclean of itself--Hence it is that he calls those "the strong" who believed in the abolition of all ritual distinctions under the Gospel.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μηκέτι	mēketi	No longer	G3371 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἀλλήλους	allēlous	one another	G240 →
κρίνωμεν,	krinōmen	shall we judge,	G2919 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
κρίνατε	krinate	do determine	G2919 →
μᾶλλον,	mallon	rather,	G3123 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
τιθέναι	tithenai	to put	G5087 →
πρόσκομμα	proskomma	[any] stumbling block	G4348 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
ἀδελφῷ	adelphō	before [your] brother	G80 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
σκάνδαλον.¶	skandalon	snare.	G4625 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
James 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:1
  Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- James 5:9
  Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
- Romans 2:1
  You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
- Luke 6:37
  Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- Psalms 140:11
  May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Through
James 2:4
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
leads to
- John 7:24
  Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
Through
Luke 17:2
It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
leads to
- Mark 9:42
  But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown…
- Matthew 18:14
  In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

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Where the connections lead

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