Because of meat (δια βρωμα). "Because of food."

In love (κατα αγαπην). "According to love" as the regulating principle of l…

But if your brother, etc. This address is to the Gentile convert. In the previous verse, Paul admitted that the prejudice of the Jew was n…

But.—The true reading is undoubtedly For, and its connection is somewhat difficult to trace. It appears to leap over Roma…

The opening statement gives the gist of what has been already said. Both parties have been guilty of passing judgment on one another. Then, by a ne…

But if through meat your brother is grieved, etc. He now explains how offending our brothers can corrupt the use of good things. And the f…

But if your brother be grieved with your meat
The apostle proceeds to give reasons why, though he was so fully persu…

Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, even though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death; also, that drawing a so…

1. After forbidding human judgments, the Apostle now forbids putting stumbling blocks before one’s neighbor.

   He structures his argume…