Romans 14:1
Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
In Context
2For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs.
Cross References
Job 4:3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
Ezekiel 34:4The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand.
Zechariah 11:16For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.
Matthew 12:20The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Matthew 18:5And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth 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 →