King James Version · Under Rome
Romans 14
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Him that is weak in the receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for hath received him. Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for is able to make him stand. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own . He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto ; and he that regardeth not the day, to he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to , for he giveth thanks; and he that eateth not, to he eateth not, and giveth thanks. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto ; and whether we , we unto : whether we live therefore, or , we are ’s. For to this end Christ both , and rose, and revived, that he might be both of and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the seat of Christ. For , As I live, saith , every knee shall bow to me, and every shall to . So then every one of us shall give account of himself to . Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. I know, and am persuaded by , that there is nothing of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be , to him it is . But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ . Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For of is not meat and drink; but , and peace, and joy in the Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to , and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the work of . All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat , nor to drink , nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Hast thou ? have it to thyself before . Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of : for whatsoever is not of is .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
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Every view at its strongest, with who holds it and what it has to answer for.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.