translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ROM

label: NET translator note

text: Grk “over opinions.” The qualifier “differing” has been supplied to clarify the meaning.


text: א A B C P Ψ pc co), and θεός looks to be an assimilation to θεός in v. 3 .


text: Grk “For one judges day from day, and one judges all days.”


text: Here καί ( kai ) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.


text: Grk “But why do you judge your brother?” The introductory phrase has been supplied in the translation to clarify whom Paul is addressing, i.e., the “weak” Christian who eats only vegetables (see vv. 2-3 ). The author uses the singular pronoun here to rhetorically address one person, but the plural has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Grk “Or again, why do you despise your brother?” The introductory phrase has been supplied in the translation to clarify whom Paul is addressing, i.e., the “strong” Christian who eats everything (see vv. 2-3 ). The author uses the singular pronoun here to rhetorically address one person, but the plural has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: places the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity. Or “each of us is accountable to God.”


text: Grk “brother.”


text: Grk “on account of food.”


text: Grk “according to love.”


text: Grk “do not let your good.”


text: Grk “by men”; but ἄνθρωπος ( anqrwpo" ) is generic here (“people”) since the contrast in context is between God and humanity.


text: B D F G Ψ 0209 33 1881 Ï lat sa), read “or to be offended or to be made weak” after “to stumble.” The shorter reading “to stumble” is found only in Alexandrian mss ( א * A C 048 81 945 1506 1739 pc bo). Although external evidence favors inclusion, internal evidence points to a scribal expansion, perhaps reminiscent of 1 Cor 8:11-13 . The shorter reading is therefore preferred.


text: places the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.


label: NET textual note

text: Some mss insert 16:25-27 at this point. See the tc note at 16:25 for more information.