Romans 14:1
Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
In Context
2One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
Cross References
Job 4:3Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;
Isaiah 40:11He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Ezekiel 34:4You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Zechariah 11:16For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.
Matthew 12:20The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.
Matthew 18:5And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:
Matthew Henry on Romans 14:1
The apostle having, in the former chapter, directed our conduct one towards another in civil things, and prescribed the sacred laws of justice, peaceableness, and order, to be observed by us as members of the commonwealth, comes in this and part of the following chapter in like manner to direct our demeanour one towards another in sacred things, which pertain more immediately to conscience and religion, and which we observe as members of the church. Particularly, he gives rules how to manage our different… Read the whole commentary →