Romans 14:17

For he that in these things serveth Christ,.... That is, in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost; he whose faith is an obedient one, and embraces these things, and from the heart obeys…

For the kingdom of God - For an explanation of this phrase, see the note at Mat 3:2. Here it means that the uniquenesses of the kingdom of God, or of the Church of Christ on earth, do not consist in…

For the kingdom of God - That holy religion which God has sent from heaven, and which be intends to make the instrument of establishing a counterpart of the kingdom of glory among men: see on Mat 3:2…

We have in this chapter,

I. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. Our Master had foretold that offences would come; and, it seems, so they did, for want of…

the kingdom of God This important phrase occurs elsewhere in St Paul, 1Co 4:20; 1Co 6:9-10; 1Co 15:50; Gal 5:21; Eph 5:5; Col 4:11; 1Th 2:12; 2Th 1:5; 2Ti 4:18. In these passages (as generally in N.…