Romans 14:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For whether {G5037} we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether {G5037} we live therefore, or {G5037} die, we are the Lord's.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐάν τε γὰρ ζῶμεν, τῷ Κυρίῳ ζῶμεν· ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκομεν: ἐάν τε οὖν ζῶμεν, ἐάν τε ἀποθνῄσκωμεν, τοῦ Κυρίου ἐσμέν.

Transliteration

For if te we zōmen, to the Kyriō we zōmen; if te we apothnēskōmen, to the Kyriō we apothnēskomen: if te therefore we zōmen, if te we apothnēskōmen, of the Kyriou we esmen.

Grammar Details

• *te*: conjunction particle - and/both (paired with another *te*)
• *zōmen*: present, active, subjunctive, 1st plural - we live
• *Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *apothnēskōmen*: present, active, subjunctive, 1st plural - we die
• *apothnēskomen*: present, active, indicative, 1st plural - we die
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord/Lord's
• *esmen*: present, active, indicative, 1st plural - we are

Word Meanings

• *zōmen*: we live/we are alive
• *apothnēskōmen*: we die/we are dying
• *apothnēskomen*: we die/we are dying
• *esmen*: we are/we exist

Referenced Verses

• Phil 1:20 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
• Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
• Phil 2:30 : 30 because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
• 1 Thess 4:14-18 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
• Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying, {G3427} Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
• John 21:19 : 19 Now this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
• Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• Acts 20:24 : 24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
• 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.