Romans 14:8

for, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7There is not one of us whose life concerns ourselves alone, and not one of us whose death concerns ourself alone;

9The purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this – that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

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Cross References

John 21:19Jesus said this to show the death by which Peter was to honor God, and then he added, “Follow me.”

Acts 20:24But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus – which was to declare the good news of the love of God.

1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future – all things are yours!

Philippians 1:20And this will fulfill my earnest expectation and hope that I will have no cause for shame, but that, with unfailing courage, now as before, Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death,

Philippians 2:30For it was owing to his devotion to the Master’s work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.

1 Thessalonians 5:10that, whether we are still watching or have fallen asleep, we may live with him.

Matthew Henry on Romans 14:2-23

Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 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. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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