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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:9

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.Man's tragic need is so overwhelmingly great that the remedy required is absolutely supernatural. Any system of philosophy or religion that operates only during man's mortal life is worthless at last. The distinction of Christianity is that the Saviour is Lord of life and death, both alike lying totally within the perimeter of his omnipotent love and power. In such a sovereignty as Paul expressed... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:9

Romans 14:9. Might be Lord— This must be so understood here as to agree with the foregoing verse: there it was, "We, that is, we Christians, whether we live or die, are the Lord's property: for the Lord died, and rose again, that we, whether living or dying, should be his." See Locke. See commentary on Rom 14:7 read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:7

7, 8. For none of us—Christians liveth to himself—(See 2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15), to dispose of himself or shape his conduct after his own ideas and inclinations. and no man—"and none" of us Christians "dieth to himself." 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:9

9. For to this end Christ both, &c.—The true reading here is, To this end Christ died and lived ("again"). that he might be Lord both of the dead and—"and of the" living—The grand object of His death was to acquire this absolute Lordship over His redeemed, both in their living and in their dying, as His of right. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:7-8

In Romans 14:7 Paul did not mean that our behavior influences other people. Obviously it does. He meant that no Christian should live to please himself alone but should live to please the Lord. The context makes this clear (Romans 14:6; Romans 14:8). Really the dedicated Christian’s desire to please the Lord will continue beyond the grave, so Paul could also say that we do not die for ourselves. Our whole existence this side of the grave and the other, in life and in death, should express our... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 14:9

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

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 14:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:7

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 14:9

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 14:7-8

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