Romans has been called the greatest theological document ever written. In this letter, the apostle Paul explains the Good News—the climactic revelation of God to the world through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul reflects on the human condition, on the meaning of our lives on earth, and on our hope for the world to come. He constantly moves us back to the fundamentals of God’s truth reveale…
1Recibid al débil en la fe, pero no para contender sobre opiniones.
2Porque uno cree que se ha de comer de todo; otro, que es débil, come legumbres.
3El que come, no menosprecie al que no come, y el que no come, no juzgue al que come; porque Dios le ha recibido.
4¿Tú quién eres, que juzgas al criado ajeno? Para su propio señor está en pie, o cae; pero estará firme, porque poderoso es el Señor para hacerle estar firme.
5Uno hace diferencia entre día y día; otro juzga iguales todos los días. Cada uno esté plenamente convencido en su propia mente.
6El que hace caso del día, lo hace para el Señor; y el que no hace caso del día, para el Señor no lo hace. El que come, para el Señor come, porque da gracias a Dios; y el que no come, para el Señor no come, y da gracias a Dios.
7Porque ninguno de nosotros vive para sí, y ninguno muere para sí.
8Pues si vivimos, para el Señor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Señor morimos. Así pues, sea que vivamos, o que muramos, del Señor somos.
9Porque Cristo para esto murió y resucitó, y volvió a vivir, para ser Señor así de los muertos como de los que viven.
10Pero tú, ¿por qué juzgas a tu hermano? O tú también, ¿por qué menosprecias a tu hermano? Porque todos compareceremos ante el tribunal de Cristo.
11Porque escrito está: Vivo yo, dice el Señor, que ante mí se doblará toda rodilla, Y toda lengua confesará a Dios.
12De manera que cada uno de nosotros dará a Dios cuenta de sí.
13Así que, ya no nos juzguemos más los unos a los otros, sino más bien decidid no poner tropiezo u ocasión de caer al hermano.
14Yo sé, y confío en el Señor Jesús, que nada es inmundo en sí mismo; mas para el que piensa que algo es inmundo, para él lo es.
15Pero si por causa de la comida tu hermano es contristado, ya no andas conforme al amor. No hagas que por la comida tuya se pierda aquel por quien Cristo murió.
16No sea, pues, vituperado vuestro bien;
17porque el reino de Dios no es comida ni bebida, sino justicia, paz y gozo en el Espíritu Santo.
18Porque el que en esto sirve a Cristo, agrada a Dios, y es aprobado por los hombres.
19Así que, sigamos lo que contribuye a la paz y a la mutua edificación.
20No destruyas la obra de Dios por causa de la comida. Todas las cosas a la verdad son limpias; pero es malo que el hombre haga tropezar a otros con lo que come.
21Bueno es no comer carne, ni beber vino, ni nada en que tu hermano tropiece, o se ofenda, o se debilite.
22¿Tienes tú fe? Tenla para contigo delante de Dios. Bienaventurado el que no se condena a sí mismo en lo que aprueba.
23Pero el que duda sobre lo que come, es condenado, porque no lo hace con fe; y todo lo que no proviene de fe, es pecado.
TYNDALE OPEN STUDY NOTES
I
Versículo 1
I. 14:1–15:7 Paul moves to a specific issue that was causing conflict in the church at Rome. The chu…
14:1–15:7 Paul moves to a specific issue that was causing conflict in the church at Rome. The church in Rome was embroiled in a dispute between people who were weak in faith and people who were strong (see 15:1) regarding certain practices. Throughout this section, Paul instructs believers to be tolerant toward others and their practices; he is convinced that people on both sides of the issue are genuine believers, and he does not think the issues they are fighting over are essential to the faith.
14:1 Being weak in faith means having scruples against doing certain things that Christian liberty would allow. In Rome, most of the weak in faith were Jewish Christians whose consciences did not give them liberty from certain requirements of Jewish law.
II
Versículo 2
II. 14:2 The weak in faith apparently believed that they should eat only vegetables. Their conviction…
14:2 The weak in faith apparently believed that they should eat only vegetables. Their conviction probably stemmed from a concern to maintain Jewish ritual purity in the midst of a pagan culture. These Jewish Christians were following the lead of Daniel and his friends, who refused to eat the rich food and wine that the king of Babylon offered them (Dan 1:3-16). Other Jewish sources reveal that pious Jews often restricted their diets in pagan cultures because they could never be sure that meat had been slaughtered according to Jewish requirements.
III
Versículo 3
III. 14:3-4 look down on . . . condemn: The “strong,” those who prided themselves on their enlightened…
14:3-4 look down on . . . condemn: The “strong,” those who prided themselves on their enlightened freedom in Christ, looked with disdain on those they considered to be “weak.” The weak, in turn—certain that they were following the true route to piety—condemned the strong for their laxness. These attitudes, over different issues, are mirrored throughout the history of the Christian church. • God has accepted them: Both the weak and the strong are genuine believers, welcomed by God into his family. Therefore, they have no right to treat each other as if they do not belong (14:4; see also 15:7).
IV
Versículo 5
IV. 14:5 some think one day is more holy than another day, while others think every day is alike: The…
14:5 some think one day is more holy than another day, while others think every day is alike: The reference is probably to Jewish festival days and to the Sabbath; cp. Col 2:16. With Christ’s provision of salvation, observance of the Sabbath in its original form is not required of Christians.
V
Versículo 7
V. 14:7 As the Lord’s servants (14:4), Christians are to look to God for guidance and seek to honor …
14:7 As the Lord’s servants (14:4), Christians are to look to God for guidance and seek to honor him in all things (14:8). Because we are ultimately accountable to him, our desire should always be to please him, not to live for ourselves.
VI
Versículo 9
VI. 14:9 Paul refers to standard early Christian teaching on the significance of Jesus’ death and res…
14:9 Paul refers to standard early Christian teaching on the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection (e.g., 2 Cor 5:15). • of the living and of the dead (literally of the dead and of the living): The original word order matches the sequence of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the redemptive events that make Jesus our Lord.
VII
Versículo 10
VII. 14:10 we will all stand before the judgment seat of God: Paul reminds the Roman Christians that i…
14:10 we will all stand before the judgment seat of God: Paul reminds the Roman Christians that it is the Lord, not other Christians, who will ultimately judge all of us (cp. 2 Cor 5:10).
VIII
Versículo 11
VIII. 14:11 This quotation is from Isa 49:18; 45:23. In its original context, Isa 45:23 is surrounded b…
14:11 This quotation is from Isa 49:18; 45:23. In its original context, Isa 45:23 is surrounded by assertions of God’s sovereignty (Isa 45:22, 24). Only the sovereign God has the right to stand in judgment (Rom 14:10, 12).
IX
Versículo 13
IX. 14:13 This verse acts as a bridge. Let’s stop condemning each other summarizes 14:1-12, while the…
14:13 This verse acts as a bridge. Let’s stop condemning each other summarizes 14:1-12, while the concern about causing another believer to stumble and fall becomes the major emphasis of 14:14-23. • stumble and fall: This phrase originally applied to obstacles that could trip people as they walked, or to traps into which a person might fall. It is used metaphorically throughout the New Testament for behavior that might bring spiritual harm to another person (see 1 Cor 8:9, 13; 1 Jn 2:10; cp. Matt 21:42-44; Luke 20:17-18; Rom 9:32-33; 1 Pet 2:8).
X
Versículo 14
X. 14:14 no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat (literally nothing is common in itself): The wor…
14:14 no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat (literally nothing is common in itself): The word common signals that the root concern that Paul was addressing was Jewish purity regulations. Jews described food as common if it was not clean (i.e., not kosher), thereby causing a Jew to become ritually impure (see Lev 11; cp. Mark 7:2, 5; Acts 10:14). Paul again follows the teaching of Jesus that “every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes” (Mark 7:19). • for that person it is wrong: The truth that no food is wrong to eat was not easy for pious Jews to accept because they had been raised to honor God by avoiding certain foods. Paul urges those who are strong in faith not to force others to violate their consciences (cp. 1 Cor 8:1-13).
XI
Versículo 15
XI. 14:15 The word translated ruin (Greek apollumi, “destroy”) is often applied to eternal damnation …
14:15 The word translated ruin (Greek apollumi, “destroy”) is often applied to eternal damnation (see 2:12; Matt 10:28; 18:14; Luke 9:24; 13:2-5; John 3:16; 10:10, 28; 1 Cor 1:18-19; Jas 4:12; 2 Pet 3:9). By insisting on their freedom to eat whatever they want, the strong might cause sensitive Jewish Christians for whom Christ died to turn away from the faith.
XII
Versículo 20
XII. 14:20 The work of God refers both to the spiritual life of other Christians (14:15) and to the Ch…
14:20 The work of God refers both to the spiritual life of other Christians (14:15) and to the Christian community itself (14:19). The strong, with their dogged insistence on doing whatever they want, create division and disrupt God’s intention to build a healthy and united community of believers.
XIII
Versículo 21
XIII. 14:21 or drink wine: Jews sometimes abstained from wine to avoid the appearance of ritual contami…
14:21 or drink wine: Jews sometimes abstained from wine to avoid the appearance of ritual contamination, since wine was used in pagan religious celebrations (see Dan 1:3-16).
XIV
Versículo 22
XIV. 14:22 keep it between yourself and God: Paul did not contest the freedom of the strong believers,…
14:22 keep it between yourself and God: Paul did not contest the freedom of the strong believers, but he instructed them to limit the expression of their freedom out of love for fellow believers so that the whole Christian community could be built up. • Blessed are those who don’t feel guilty: Guilt could come from harming the faith of the weak believers. Christian freedom is only worthwhile when it can be lived out without bringing such guilt.
XV
Versículo 23
XV. 14:23 If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning: God’s word defines sin for us…
14:23 If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning: God’s word defines sin for us, yet sin also involves violating our conscience. The weak Christians in Rome did not yet believe in their own hearts that they could eat meat, drink wine, or ignore Jewish holy days; their consciences were still weak. They should not violate their consciences on these matters. Nor should the strong, by the power of their example or by their scorn, force weak Christians to do so.
Nuevo Testamento
Romans — Capítulo 14
Romans has been called the greatest theological document ever written. In this letter, the apostle Paul explains the Good News—the climactic revelation of God to the world through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul reflects on the human condition, on the meaning of our lives on earth, and on our hope for the world to come. He constantly moves us back to the fundamentals of God’s truth reveale…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Recibid al débil en la fe, pero no para contender sobre opiniones.
2Porque uno cree que se ha de comer de todo; otro, que es débil, come legumbres.
3El que come, no menosprecie al que no come, y el que no come, no juzgue al que come; porque Dios le ha recibido.
4¿Tú quién eres, que juzgas al criado ajeno? Para su propio señor está en pie, o cae; pero estará firme, porque poderoso es el Señor para hacerle estar firme.
5Uno hace diferencia entre día y día; otro juzga iguales todos los días. Cada uno esté plenamente convencido en su propia mente.
6El que hace caso del día, lo hace para el Señor; y el que no hace caso del día, para el Señor no lo hace. El que come, para el Señor come, porque da gracias a Dios; y el que no come, para el Señor no come, y da gracias a Dios.
7Porque ninguno de nosotros vive para sí, y ninguno muere para sí.
8Pues si vivimos, para el Señor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Señor morimos. Así pues, sea que vivamos, o que muramos, del Señor somos.
9Porque Cristo para esto murió y resucitó, y volvió a vivir, para ser Señor así de los muertos como de los que viven.
10Pero tú, ¿por qué juzgas a tu hermano? O tú también, ¿por qué menosprecias a tu hermano? Porque todos compareceremos ante el tribunal de Cristo.
11Porque escrito está: Vivo yo, dice el Señor, que ante mí se doblará toda rodilla, Y toda lengua confesará a Dios.
12De manera que cada uno de nosotros dará a Dios cuenta de sí.
13Así que, ya no nos juzguemos más los unos a los otros, sino más bien decidid no poner tropiezo u ocasión de caer al hermano.
14Yo sé, y confío en el Señor Jesús, que nada es inmundo en sí mismo; mas para el que piensa que algo es inmundo, para él lo es.
15Pero si por causa de la comida tu hermano es contristado, ya no andas conforme al amor. No hagas que por la comida tuya se pierda aquel por quien Cristo murió.
16No sea, pues, vituperado vuestro bien;
17porque el reino de Dios no es comida ni bebida, sino justicia, paz y gozo en el Espíritu Santo.
18Porque el que en esto sirve a Cristo, agrada a Dios, y es aprobado por los hombres.
19Así que, sigamos lo que contribuye a la paz y a la mutua edificación.
20No destruyas la obra de Dios por causa de la comida. Todas las cosas a la verdad son limpias; pero es malo que el hombre haga tropezar a otros con lo que come.
21Bueno es no comer carne, ni beber vino, ni nada en que tu hermano tropiece, o se ofenda, o se debilite.
22¿Tienes tú fe? Tenla para contigo delante de Dios. Bienaventurado el que no se condena a sí mismo en lo que aprueba.
23Pero el que duda sobre lo que come, es condenado, porque no lo hace con fe; y todo lo que no proviene de fe, es pecado.
TYNDALE OPEN STUDY NOTES
Versículo 1
I. 14:1–15:7 Paul moves to a specific issue that was causing conflict in the church at Rome. The chu…
Versículo 2
II. 14:2 The weak in faith apparently believed that they should eat only vegetables. Their conviction…
Versículo 3
III. 14:3-4 look down on . . . condemn: The “strong,” those who prided themselves on their enlightened…
Versículo 5
IV. 14:5 some think one day is more holy than another day, while others think every day is alike: The…
Versículo 7
V. 14:7 As the Lord’s servants (14:4), Christians are to look to God for guidance and seek to honor …
Versículo 9
VI. 14:9 Paul refers to standard early Christian teaching on the significance of Jesus’ death and res…
Versículo 10
VII. 14:10 we will all stand before the judgment seat of God: Paul reminds the Roman Christians that i…
Versículo 11
VIII. 14:11 This quotation is from Isa 49:18; 45:23. In its original context, Isa 45:23 is surrounded b…
Versículo 13
IX. 14:13 This verse acts as a bridge. Let’s stop condemning each other summarizes 14:1-12, while the…
Versículo 14
X. 14:14 no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat (literally nothing is common in itself): The wor…
Versículo 15
XI. 14:15 The word translated ruin (Greek apollumi, “destroy”) is often applied to eternal damnation …
Versículo 20
XII. 14:20 The work of God refers both to the spiritual life of other Christians (14:15) and to the Ch…
Versículo 21
XIII. 14:21 or drink wine: Jews sometimes abstained from wine to avoid the appearance of ritual contami…
Versículo 22
XIV. 14:22 keep it between yourself and God: Paul did not contest the freedom of the strong believers,…
Versículo 23
XV. 14:23 If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning: God’s word defines sin for us…