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In writing this commentary, the author became impressed at Paul's burden for the Jews. He believed that the main burden of Paul in 1:18–3:20 was to get the Jew to see that he was lost. Paul gave considerably more attention to the case against the Jews in 2:1–3:8 than he did the Gentile in 1:18–32. Paul's burden in chapters 9, 10, and 11 was to get the unbelieving Jew to see that he was lost. He...

3 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. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not. This part of the verse is addressed to the strong. Wuest explains the word for “despise” (Greek exoutheneo) means, “ ‘to throw out as nothing,’ thus, ‘to treat as nothing and so with contempt’ ” (231). The problem of the strong ones is that they look down their noses at the weak. Paul admonishes them to refrain
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