“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.”
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. — Diakrisis (judging, condemning) is prohibited. Instead, krino (determine, decide) that you will not place proskopē (stumbling block, obstacle, cause of offense) before your adelphos (brother). Scandal (giving offense that causes to fall) violates the fundamental principle of love.
Church Fathers on Romans 14:13
“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.” This does not apply to one less than the other: wherefore it may well fit with both, both the advanced man that was offended at the observance of meats, and the unadvanced that stumbled at the vehement rebuke given him. But consider, I pray you, the great punishment we shall suffer, if we give offense at all. For if in a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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