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Romans 14:8 KJV
Romans · chapter 14 · verse 8
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.Romans 14:8 · King James Version
What Romans 14:8 means
Paul is settling an argument about food and days when he says this, which tells you how high he's willing to raise the stakes. Living and dying are both put under the same ownership. We are the Lord's is the conclusion, and it makes the disputed questions smaller.
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Romans 14:8 in context
6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10But 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- livezaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- dieapothnēskōto die, of the natural death of man, of the violent death of man or animals, to perish by…G599 →
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We have in this chapter, I. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. Our Master had foretold that offences would come; and, it seems, so they did, for want of that wisdom and love which would have prevented discord, and kept up union among them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23