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One personὋςjudgesκρίνειone dayἡμέρανaboveπαρ’another,ἡμέρανwhile anotherὃς δὲjudgesκρίνειeveryπᾶσανdayἡμέρανalike.Let each oneἕκαστοςbe fully convincedπληροφορείσθωinἐνhis ownτῷ ἰδίῳmind.νοῒ
Romans 14:5
Study it in the app“One person judges one day above another, while another judges every day alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 14:5, word by word
- judgesκρίνειkrinei
decide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “krinei” appears- one dayἡμέρανhēmeran
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appears- Let each oneἕκαστοςhekastos
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastos” appears- be fully convincedπληροφορείσθωplērophoreisthō
fully convince
To hold a firm certainty, with no doubt at all.
Where else “plērophoreisthō” appears- his ownἰδίῳidiōi
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiōi” appears- mindνοῒnoi
mind
The capacity to think, judge and understand in each person.
Where else “noi” appears
The context
4Who 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6The one who observes the day observes it to the Lord; and the one who eats eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.
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)