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Rom 14:23. Ὁ δὲ) The reason, why the stronger ought not to induce the weak to eat.-ἐὰν φάγῃ, if he eat) This must be understood both of a single act and much more of frequent eating.-κατακέκριται, is condemned) Comp. Gal 2:11, note.-ἐκ πίστεως, of faith) of which Rom 14:2; Rom 14:5 at the end, 14 at the beginning, 22. Therefore it is faith itself that is indicated, by which men are reckoned to be believers, informing and confirming, as it does, the conscience, and constituting partly the foundation and partly the standard of upright conduct.-ἁμαρτία, sin) and therefore obnoxious to condemnation.