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NASB | Romans 14:21 It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 14:21 It is good [to do the right thing and] not eat meat or drink wine, or do anything that offends your brother and weakens him spiritually. |
Bible Question: What does "anything" in verse include? Christians "weak in the faith" do not have the freedom of mature Christians. How far should a strong Christian go in doubtful areas to prevent a weaker Christian from stumbling. As examples, should women not wear pants to church or lipstick or be leaders in the church if this causes someone to stumble. As I write this I have thought of a second question. What does stumble mean and how could a women wearing lipstick or pants to church cause someone to stumble? |
Bible Answer: The Strong and the Weak (Romans 14), by: Bob Deffinbaugh, Th.M. www.bible.org 'Who’s Who? The Strong and the Weak 'The story has often been told of the culprits who entered a department store at night and stole nothing—they simply switched the price tags. Refrigerators sold for 9.95 while candy bars were 500 dollars. 'While I was attending seminary several years ago, the most amazing realization of my study of the New Testament was that someone had switched the labels on the strong and the weak. I had always been taught that the strong Christian was the one who knew he couldn’t. He couldn’t smoke, drink, dance or go to movies. And she couldn’t wear lipstick or make-up. The strong Christian is “… someone who lives in mortal terror that someone, somewhere, is enjoying himself.” The weak Christian was the one who spoke of liberty. 'If this has been your understanding of the ‘strong’ and the ‘weak,’ then you had better take a closer look at this chapter. The weak brother thinks it is wrong to eat meat, and so he eats only vegetables. The strong knows there is nothing intrinsically sinful about meat-eating (verse 2). The weak (we would assume) regards some days as more sacred, while the strong regards every day alike (verse 5). When I was a youngster, I can remember Christian friends whose parents thought it wrong to swim or water ski (or do anything fun) on Sunday. The strong knows he is free to drink wine in moderation (verse 21, cf. I Timothy 5:23), while the weak feels he must be a tee-totaler. 'I must go on to say that the weak Christian is not just the one who believes something which in fact is a Christian liberty is prohibited, but he is one who is inclined to go ahead and follow the example of the strong in spite of his scruples. The weak Christian, then, is not just the one who heartily condemns drinking wine, but who also might drink wine against his conscience because you or I do it. In my estimation, those who preach on the evils of wine so vehemently are not weaker brethren.' To read more go to: The Strong and the Weak (Romans 14), by: Bob Deffinbaugh, Th.M. www.bible.org |
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