Albert Barnes Commentary Romans 14:10

"But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God." — Romans 14:10 (ASV)

But why. Since we are all subjects and servants alike, and must all stand at the same tribunal, what right do we have to sit in judgment on others?

Thou judge. You who are a Jewish convert, why do you attempt to arraign the Gentile disciple, as if he had violated a law of God? .

Thy brother. God has recognized him as his friend (Romans 14:3), and he should be regarded by you as a brother in the same family.

Or why dost thou set at nought. Despise (Romans 14:3), why do you, who are a Gentile convert, despise the Jewish disciple as being unnecessarily scrupulous and superstitious?

Thy brother. The Jewish convert is now a brother; and all the contempt which you Gentiles once cherished for the Jew should cease, from the fact that he is now a Christian. Nothing will do so much, on the one hand, to prevent a censorious disposition, and, on the other, to prevent contempt for those who are in a different rank in life, as to remember that they are Christians, bought with the same blood, and going to the same heaven as ourselves.

We shall all stand. That is, we must all be tried alike at the same tribunal; we must answer for our conduct, not to our fellow men, but to Christ; and it does not become us to sit in judgment on each other.