Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
English “is weak” in Romans 14:1, 14:2 and “is made weak” in 14:21 were all translated from Greek verb 770 astheneo from a compound of Greek negative particle 1 a synonymous with English not and Greek verb 4599 sthenoo meaning to make strong and objectively means to be made strong. Greek verb 770 astheneo technically means not made strong. Greek verb 4599 sthenoo was reasonably translated into “strengthen” and appears as such in the single verse 1Peter 5:10 “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you”. Flesh human beings are generically “weak” subsequent to specifically not being made strong by God as documented by Greek feminine noun 769 astheneia. Greek verb 770 astheneo Greek neuter noun 771 asthenema and Greek adjective 772 asthenes are all from a compound of Greek negative particle 1 a synonymous with English not and Greek verb 4599 sthenoo meaning to make strong because they have not yet received the action of Greek verb 4599 sthenoo which God performs only unto God’s “seven thousand” “chosen” “elect” “election” during this earth age; as documented in Romans 11:4-7 “But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal” “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace” “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work” “What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded” to protect “the rest” from Matthew 12:32. “And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come”. Does God have a plan? “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years” “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him”. Does the bible say flesh is inherently weak? “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”. “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak”. Did Jesus say flesh human beings profit from God’s spiritual word? “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth“. “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life”. “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus”. What is “the day of the Lord Jesus”? “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection” “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” which shall occur between this earth age and the eternal age that follows.
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