Romans 14:19

Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let us therefore follow ... - The object of this verse is to persuade the church at Rome to lay aside their causes of contention, and to live in...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(18) Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (18) A general conclusion: the use o...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Considerateness instead of Censoriousness. Romans 14:13 . Let us stop judging one another ( cf. Matthew 7:1-5 ); but come rather to this judgme...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

follow after . pursue. See Romans 9:30 . things... peace . Literally the things of the peace. things... another . the things of mutual (Greek....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. Let us then follow, etc. He recalls us, as much as possible, from a mere regard to meats, to consider those greater things which ought t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1917 PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED Romans 14:17-19 . The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Let us therefore follow - Far from contend...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Let us therefore follow after the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Duty of Sympathy and Toleration In chapter Romans 13:12 St. Paul urged his readers, by their expectation of Christ's coming, to avoid the li...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Edify ] i.e. build up the Christian society, which is called in the next v. 'the work of God.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let us therefore follow. — The best MSS. have the indicative mood, “so then we follow.” There is, however, some good support for the Received text,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 29 CHRISTIAN DUTY: MUTUAL TENDERNESS AND TOLERANCE: THE SACREDNESS OF EXAMPLE Romans 14:1-23 BUT him who is weak-we might almost rende...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Yielding Rights for Others' Sake Romans 14:13-23 We must be careful of one another's faith. Unkind criticism or ridicule, or the strong pressur...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now turned to discussion of some of the difficulties which may arise in the Christian Church. Dealing with the question of the animals sa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (18) For he that in these things serveth Chris...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let us therefore follow after the things , Since the kingdom of God is in part peace, and the man that serves Christ in this, as in other things, is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Ver. 19. Wherewith one may edify anoth...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us therefore In consistency with these certain and momentous truths; follow after the things which make for peace Which tend to procure, pres...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Personal Conscience Toward God In Romans 12:1-21 we have seen instruction in many details of moral conduct. In such cases conscience has no libe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. A. D. 58....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse is the application of the foregoing discourse, in which you have an exhortation to the practice of two great duties. The one is peace, or...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christian Freedom To Be Tempered By Consideration For Their Brothers And Sisters With Regard To Food Fetishes And Sabbath Observance (14:1-23). Pa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may edify one another.' In consequence of this, says Paul, let us f...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 14:20 .—The work of God is the faith of a fellow-Christian. Romans 14:21 .—Three forms of spiritual damage, corresponding...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 14:19 (R.V.) I. This was wise counsel, and counsel that we cannot doubt was in accordance with the mind of Christ. But it has not been mu...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 14:1 . Him that is weak in the faith receive ye. The apostolic churches were composed of jews and gentiles. Most of the jews were zealous o...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace. Things which make for peace I. What these things are. 1. Righteousness. 2....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 14:1-45 F. The duty of enlightened Christians towards weak brethren. From moral duties in general of Christians towards...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:33 ; 1 Corinthians 14:12-17 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26 ; 1 Peter 3:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 ; 1 Timothy 1:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Peace and edification are closely joined. Practical divinity tends equally to peace and to edification. Controversial divinity less directly tends...

¹⁹ Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Related Commentaries of Romans 14:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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