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23. 'O Ss) The reason, why the stronger ought not to induce the weak to eat.— lav <p.ayy, if he eat ) This must be understood both of a single act and much more of frequent eating. — xa ra- xexp/rai, is condemned) Comp. Gal. ii. 11, note.. — lx viffrtug, of faith ) of which ver. 2, 5 at the end, 14 at the beginning, 22. Therefore it is faith itself that is indicated, by which men are reckoned to be believers, informing and confirming, as it does, the conscience, and constituting partly the foundation and partly the standard of upright conduct. — d[ia pria, sin) and there- fore obnoxious to condemnation..
1. 1 Af, [on the other hand~\ hut) [This is in antithesis to Happy — Sin , last ch. ver. 22, 23]. There is great danger, and we are only kept guarded by the power of God ; but we ought [owe that debt to others] to watch over [pay attention to] one another. — jj^s/s) we. He counts himself also in common with others a debtor, as an apostle, and as an apostle of the Gentiles. — oi duvaroi , the strong) comp. Gal. vi. 1, note. — fiatrafyiv, to hear) It is indeed a burden. — apeaxeiv) ’A petfxu, I am anxious to please. He who is anxious to please himself, is indifferent about pleasing another, and pays little respect to his conscience. This is a Metonymy of the antecedent for the consequent [See Append.]
2. E/g to ayaQbv, rrpbg o/xodo/uriv, for good , to edification) eig, unto , denotes the internal end, in respect of God ; wpog, to , the exter- nal end, in respect of our neighbour. * Good , the genus ; edifica- tion., the species.
3. * O Xp/ffrbc , Christ) who alone was truly dwarbg, strong , comp, ver. 1 with ch. v. and vi.: duvaroi strong , u<tfa vug weak. — ou% &auruf not Himself) Admirable auyy.arafiu<ng, condescension ! Not Him- self but us, ver. 7, 8 ; Ps. lxix. 32 : Christ procured aptcxuav, what is well-pleasing to God for those, who see and are glad
1 ’O Qei’Kopev, we ought) for Christ’s sake, ver. 3. — V. g.
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