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Thereforeοὖνlet us no longerΜηκέτιjudgeκρίνωμενone another,ἀλλήλουςbutἀλλὰratherμᾶλλονjudgeκρίνατεthis:τοῦτοnotτὸ μὴto putτιθέναιa cause of stumblingπρόσκομμαorἢan offenseσκάνδαλονin the way of your brother.τῷ ἀδελφῷ
Romans 14:13
Study it in the app“Therefore let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this: not to put a cause of stumbling or an offense in the way of your brother.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 14:13, word by word
- let us no longerΜηκέτιMēketi
no longer
No longer, never again.
Where else “Mēketi” appears- judgeκρίνωμενkrinōmen
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinōmen” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears- ratherμᾶλλονmallon
rather
On the contrary, more accurately.
Where else “mallon” appears- to putτιθέναιtithenai
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tithenai” appears- a cause of stumblingπρόσκομμαproskomma
stumbling, obstacle
Stumbling; an obstacle that makes someone stumble or fall into sin.
Where else “proskomma” appears- an offenseσκάνδαλονskandalon
cause for stumbling
Cause for stumbling: what makes someone fall into sin.
Where else “skandalon” appears- in the way of your brotherἀδελφῷadelphōi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōi” appears
The context
12So each of us will give an account of himself.
13 · This verse (above)
14I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is profane in itself, except to the one who considers anything to be profane; to that one it is profane.
To study Romans 14 in a group
1. What it says
What differences are there among believers about eating and about days, and what does Paul ask of each side? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness, peace and joy? (v. 17)
3. How I live it
With whom do you differ on non-essential things? How can you pursue what leads to peace with that person? (v. 19)