Romans 14:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:8

For whether we live - As long as we live.We live unto the Lord - We live to do his will, and to promote his glory. This is the grand purpose of the life of the Christian. Other people live to gratify themselves; the Christian to do those things which the Lord requires. By “the Lord” here the apostle evidently intends the Lord Jesus, as it is evident from Romans 14:9; and the truth taught here is, that it is the leading and grand purpose of the Christian to do honor to the Saviour. It is this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 14:7-9

Romans 14:7-9. For none of us True Christians, in the things we do, liveth to himself Is at his own disposal, doth his own will; and no man dieth to himself Only for his own advantage, and according to his own pleasure, when he will. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord Spend our lives in his service, and according to his will; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord Either by sacrificing our lives to his glory, if he demand it of us; or, if we expire in a natural way, by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 14:1-23

The use of Christian liberty (14:1-15:13)Although Christians are free from religious rules and regulations such as those found in Moses’ law, some have difficulty living with such freedom. Because their faith is not strong, they have their own laws which they feel bound to keep. Other Christians should accept such people warmly into their fellowship and not argue with them about personal opinions (14:1).Some of the Jewish Christians in the church in Rome had grown little in their faith and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 14:8

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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:8

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.Paul had already written that "neither life nor death" could separate the believer from the Lord (Romans 8:38), and here again is the same thought in other words. Life has many tedious and toilsome duties, but everything the child of God does is done in service to the Lord. In New Testament times, even such a thing as slave labor was discharged with that in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:7-8

Romans 14:7-9. For none of us liveth to himself, &c.— None of us, that is, "none of us Christians, ought to live," &c. The Apostle's argument stands thus: "According to the principles of true religion, and of the Christian religion in particular, we are not our own; neither are we to live to ourselves, as if we were our own lords and proprietors, and had no other rule but our own will and pleasure. No; we are all Christ's, we are his disciples and subjects; and His will should be the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:8

Romans 14:8. We are the Lord's— These words give an easy interpretation to the phrases of eating and living, &c. to the Lord; for they make them plainly to refer to what the Apostle had said at the latter end of Rom 14:3 for God hath received him; signifying, that God had received all those who professed and possessed the power of the Gospel, and had given their names up to Jesus Christ, into his family, and thus made them his domestics; and therefore we should not judge of or censure one... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:8

8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord—the Lord CHRIST; see Romans 14:9. and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's—Nothing but the most vivid explanation of these remarkable words could make them endurable to any Christian ear, if Christ were a mere creature. For Christ is here—in the most emphatic terms, and yet in the most unimpassioned tone—held up as the supreme Object of the Christian's life, and of his death too; and that by the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1-12

1. The folly of judging one another 14:1-12The apostle dealt first with the importance of not judging one another. This was a particular temptation to those Christians who believed that they should refrain from some practices that they believed were displeasing to God but which other Christians felt were legitimate. When Paul wrote, the first group included Jewish Christians who, because of their background in Judaism, tended to perpetuate the practices commanded in the Mosaic Code. Some Jewish... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:1-13

D. Conduct within Christian liberty 14:1-15:13In Romans 14:1 to Romans 15:13, Paul gave special attention to the problem of knowing how to live in Christian freedom. This section of Romans deals with Christian conduct when God does not specify exactly what we should do in every situation (cf. 1 Corinthians 8). In such cases some Christians will do one thing and others another, both within God’s will. How to handle these situations is the focus of this section.Paul moved on to discuss a problem... read more

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