Receive ye (προσλαμβανεσθε as in 14:1),

received (προσελαβετο, here of Christ as in 14:3 of God). The repe…

Therefore. That is, in view of all the considerations tending to produce unity and love, which have been presented. He refers to the vario…

Received us.—There is again a division among the best authorities, the Vatican and Claromontane manuscripts reading “us,” while th…

Christ did not receive us because we were perfect, because he could see no fault in us, or because he hoped to gain something from us. Ah, no! but,…

Receive ye then, etc. He returns to exhortation; and to strengthen this he still retains the example of Christ. For he, having received no…

Wherefore receive you one another
Into your hearts and affections; embrace one another cordially, the Jew the Gentil…

Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God and the good of others. We must please our neighbor for the good of h…

1. The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…