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Whoτίςareεἶyouσὺwho judgeὁ κρίνωνanother’sἀλλότριονhousehold servant?οἰκέτηνTo his ownτῷ ἰδίῳmasterκυρίῳhe standsστήκειorἢfalls.πίπτειAndδέhe will be made to stand,σταθήσεταιforγὰρthe Lordὁ κύριοςis ableδυνατεῖto make him stand.στῆσαι αὐτόν
Romans 14:4
Study it in the app“Who are you who judge another’s household servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 14:4, word by word
- areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- who judgeκρίνωνkrinōn
condemn
To pass opinion on others so as to condemn them, setting oneself above them.
Where else “krinōn” appears- another’sἀλλότριονallotrion
another's
What is someone else's.
Where else “allotrion” appears- household servantοἰκέτηνoiketēn
household slave
Household servant, a domestic slave.
Where else “oiketēn” appears- To his ownἰδίῳidiōi
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiōi” appears- masterκυρίῳkyriōi
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriōi” appears- he standsστήκειstēkei
stand firm
To hold one's ground, not fall.
Where else “stēkei” appears- fallsπίπτειpiptei
fail
To collapse, fail.
Where else “piptei” appears- he will be made to standσταθήσεταιstathēsetai
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “stathēsetai” appears- is ableδυνατεῖdynatei
be able
Be able, be powerful.
Where else “dynatei” appears
The context
3Let the one who eats not despise the one who does not eat, and let the one who does not eat not judge the one who eats; for God has welcomed him.
4 · This verse (above)
5One person judges one day above another, while another judges every day alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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)