14-16. Explain Paul’s words at Romans 14:5, 6.

¹⁴ The apostle gives another example:

“One man judges one day as above another; another man judges one day as all others; let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.

Rom. 14:5, 6.

¹⁵ For instance, a Jew who had accepted Christ but who in the past had given longtime obedience to the law of the Sabbath, might feel qualms of conscience in doing any laborious work on a Jewish Sabbath day. It might be cooking, carpenter work, or traveling a considerable distance. Even if it was a work of the congregation, something that other members of the congregation expected him to do for them or with them, on that day he might refrain because of conscience. On any other day he would be glad to do it.

17. Why must each one be fully convinced in his own mind?

¹⁷ However, each one had to be fully convinced in his own mind. If a Christian conscientiously could not see the other’s point of view clearly, in his own mind, it would do him no good, but actually harm, should he adopt that view contrary to his conscience.