ACC ~ Romans 14 v13

NEVER BE A STUMBLING BLOCK. CHRYSOSTOM: Consider the great punishment we shall suffer if we give offense at all. If the thing concerned was against the law and some people rebuked others wrongly, Paul forbade them to do so, in order not to cause a brother to stumble and fall. If we give offense without having anything to put right, what treatment will we deserve? For if not saving others is a crime (as is demonstrated by the man who buried his one talent), what will be the result if we offend him as well? But you may say: What if he brings the offense on himself, by being weak? Well, this is precisely why you ought to be patient. For if he were strong, he would not require so much care. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 25.

PELAGIUS: From here on, Paul subtly begins to recommend abstinence and says that even though those who eat are strong, they ought to abstain in case the weak are subjected to a stumbling block by their example. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

GENTILES MUST NOT DELIBERATELY UPSET THE JEWS. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul is saying this to the Gentiles, even if it appears that he is speaking to the Jews. … For the Gentiles at Rome were doing many things deliberately in order to upset the Jews, partly because they were the majority in the church and partly because they were of a higher social class. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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