The Duty of Sacrificing Private Enjoyment for Another's Benefit
J. Lyth, D.D. Romans 14:13-15 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather… I. THE CASE SUPPOSED. The enjoyment though lawful, is a stumbling-block to another. II. THE APOSTLE'S DECISION OF IT. It is a violation of the law of love, because selfish in itself, injurious in its effect. III. THE CONSEQUENT DUTY. Of abstinence, lest you destroy him for whom Christ died, leaving you an example of self-sacrifice. (J. Lyth, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. WEB: Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.