Meddlesome People
Thomas Cooper. Romans 14:3-4 Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him which eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.… I knew man, in my youth, an elderly man, who was a great observer of human nature. I will not say of him, as it was said of Oliver Cromwell, that he could look through a man's skin right to his backbone — but he had a most shrewd knowledge of mankind. A young man used to converse with him, occasionally, on this very theme of human character; and, one day, after a long conversation upon it, the young man said, "Ah! well; there are all sorts of people in the world." "Nay." said the elder man, "there is one sort wanting." "What sort is that?" asked the young man eagerly. "The people," replied the elder man, "who mind their own business, and let other people's business alone." (Thomas Cooper.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. WEB: Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.