Romans 14:8

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If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

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  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for what was lacking in your service to me.
  • 1 Thess 4:14-18 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, encourage one another with these words.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them."
  • John 21:19 : 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and saw decay.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in 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 the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
  • 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.

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  • Rom 14:6-7
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    6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

    7For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

  • Rom 14:9-12
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    9For this reason Christ died, returned to life, and rose again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

    10But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

    11It is written: 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'

    12So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

  • 2 Cor 5:13-16
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    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

    14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

    15And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

    16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

  • Rom 6:7-11
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    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

    8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

    9We know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.

    10For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

    11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 1 Thess 3:8
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    8For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

  • Phil 1:21
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    21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

  • Rom 8:35-38
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

    37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

    38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither powers, neither things present nor things to come,

  • 2 Tim 2:11
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    11This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • 2 Cor 5:8-9
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    8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

  • 1 Cor 3:22
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    22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

  • Jas 4:15
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    15Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:30-31
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    30And why are we in danger every hour?

    31I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

  • 2 Cor 1:9
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    9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

  • Rom 6:2
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    2Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

  • 2 Cor 2:15-16
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    15For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

    16To one, we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is adequate for such a task?

  • 2 Cor 4:14
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    14We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

  • Ps 44:22
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    22would God not have discovered this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

  • Rom 6:16
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    16Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  • Rom 8:10
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    10But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.