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Romans 14:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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 14:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 14:823 words
GreekMeaning
ἐάνean
IfwordG1437
τεte
bothwordG5037
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ζῶμενzōmen
we shall liveverbG2198
τῷ
to thearticleG3588
κυρίῳkyriō
LordnounG2962
ζῶμενzōmen
we liveverbG2198
ἐάνean
ifwordG1437
τεte
alsowordG5037
ἀποθνῄσκωμενapothnēskōmen
we shall dieverbG599
τῷ
to thearticleG3588
κυρίῳkyriō
LordnounG2962
ἀποθνῄσκομενapothnēskomen
we dieverbG599
ἐάνean
IfwordG1437
τεte
bothwordG5037
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
ζῶμενzōmen
we shall liveverbG2198
ἐάνean
ifwordG1437
τεte
alsowordG5037
ἀποθνῄσκωμενapothnēskōmen
we shall dieverbG599
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
κυρίουkyriou
Lord’snounG2962
ἐσμένesmen
we areverbG1510
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 14:8

“For none of us lives unto himself, and no man dies unto himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord,” by this too he makes the same clearer. For how can he that lives unto the Law, be living unto Christ? But this is not the only thing that he effects by this, he also holds back the person who was in so much haste for their being set right, and persuades him to be patient, by showing that it is impossible for God to despise…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 25 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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