16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. …
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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. …
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-23)The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to proper duty, which he infers from the foregoing discourse. I. Here is a caution to take heed of judaizing teachers, or those who would impose upon Christians the yoke of the ceremonial law: Let no man therefore judge you in meat nor drink , etc., Col. 2:16. Much of the ceremonies of the law of Moses consisted in the distinction of meats and da…
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