Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
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Gill's Exposition
For meat destroy not the work of God,.... The Syriac reads it, "the works of God"; referring either to righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, of which the kingdom of God consists; or to the…
Barnes' Notes
Let us therefore follow ... - The object of this verse is to persuade the church at Rome to lay aside their causes of contention, and to live in harmony. This exhortation is founded on the…
Adam Clarke
Let us therefore follow - Far from contending about meats, drinks, and festival times, in which it is not likely that the Jews and Gentiles will soon agree, let us endeavor to the utmost of our power…
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…
Cambridge Bible
the things which make for peace Lit. the things of peace. So below, the things of mutual edification. For remarks on the harmony between St Paul's eireniconhere and his stern warnings (e.g. in…
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