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Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
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The Christlike Welcome
The command to 'receive one another' is modeled directly on how Christ received us. Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that Christ welcomed us not because we were perfect or faultless, but out of 'loving condescension.' Therefore, believers are called to welcome each other in the same gracious way, overlooking differences in opinion and minor failings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore. That is, in view of all the considerations tending to produce unity and love, which have been presented. He refers to the vario…
Receive ye (προσλαμβανεσθε as in 14:1),
received (προσελαβετο, here of Christ as in 14:3 of God). The repe…
19th Century
Anglican
Received us.—There is again a division among the best authorities, the Vatican and Claromontane manuscripts reading “us,” while th…
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Baptist
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,…
16th Century
Protestant
Receive ye then, etc. He returns to exhortation; and to strengthen this he still retains the example of Christ. For he, having received no…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore receive you one another Into your hearts and affections; embrace one another cordially, the Jew the Gentil…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…
