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International Standard Version

Romans 14:7

For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Galatians 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 1 Peter 4:2;">[xr]

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Conscience;   Death;   Evil;   Self-Denial;   Thankfulness;   Uncharitableness;   The Topic Concordance - Belonging;   Death;   Life;   Resurrection;   Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Thanksgiving;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Law of Christ;   Motives;   Sanctification;   Strong and Weak;   Worship;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Food Offered to Idols;   Knowledge;   Life;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Judging;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Account;   Character;   Holy Day;   Judge Judging (Ethical);   Law;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 27;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 30;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for February 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.
King James Version (1611)
For none of vs liueth to himselfe, and no man dieth to himselfe.
King James Version
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
English Standard Version
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
New American Standard Bible
For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
New Century Version
We do not live or die for ourselves.
Amplified Bible
None of us lives for himself [for his own benefit, but for the Lord], and none of us dies for himself [but for the Lord].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
Legacy Standard Bible
For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
Berean Standard Bible
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
Contemporary English Version
Whether we live or die, it must be for God, rather than for ourselves.
Complete Jewish Bible
For none of us lives only in relation to himself, and none of us dies only in relation to himself;
Darby Translation
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Easy-to-Read Version
We don't live or die just for ourselves.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For none of vs liueth to himselfe, neither doeth any die to himselfe.
George Lamsa Translation
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
Good News Translation
We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only.
Lexham English Bible
For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
Literal Translation
For no one of us lives to himself and no one dies to himself.
American Standard Version
For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
Bible in Basic English
For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
Hebrew Names Version
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Etheridge Translation
and he who eateth not, to his Lord he eateth not, and giveth thanks to Aloha. For there is no one of us who to himself liveth and no one who to himself dieth.
Murdock Translation
For there is not one of us, who liveth for himself: and there is not one, who dieth for himself.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For none of vs lyueth to hym selfe, and no man dyeth to hym selfe.
English Revised Version
For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
World English Bible
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. But if we live, we live unto the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord.
Weymouth's New Testament
For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For no man of vs lyueth to hymsilf, and no man dieth to hymself.
Update Bible Version
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Webster's Bible Translation
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
New English Translation
For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
New King James Version
For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
New Living Translation
For we don't live for ourselves or die for ourselves.
New Life Bible
No one lives for himself alone. No one dies for himself alone.
New Revised Standard
We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, none of us, unto himself liveth, and, none, unto himself dieth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself.
Revised Standard Version
None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he yt eateth not eateth not to please ye lorde wt all and geveth god thankes.
Young's Literal Translation
For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he that eateth not, eateth not vnto ye LORDE, and geueth God thankes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for we neither live, nor die, as if we were our own masters.
Simplified Cowboy Version
We don't live or die for ourselves, but for our Lord.

Contextual Overview

1 Accept the person who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of arguing over differences of opinion.Romans 15:1,7; Romans 15:1,7, 1 Corinthians 8:9,11; 9:22;">[xr] 2 One person believes that he can eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.Romans 14:14; 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:15;">[xr] 3 The person who eats must not despise the person who does not eat, and the person who does not eat must not criticize the person who eats, for God has accepted him.Colossians 2:16;">[xr] 4 Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? His own Lord will determine whetherTo his own Lord">[fn] he stands or falls. And stand he will, because Godthe Lord">[fn] is able to make him stand.James 4:12;">[xr] 5 One person decides that one day is better than another, while another person decides that all days are the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.Galatians 4:10; Colossians 2:16;">[xr] 6 The one who observes a special day,the day">[fn] observes it to honor the Lord. The one who eats, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat, refrains from eating to honor the Lord; yet he, too, gives thanks to God.1 Corinthians 10:31; Galatians 4:10; 1 Timothy 4:3;">[xr] 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Galatians 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 1 Peter 4:2;">[xr] 8 If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he might become the Lord of both the dead and the living.Acts 10:36; 2 Corinthians 5:15;">[xr] 10 Why, then, do you criticize your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For all of us will stand before the judgment seat of God.of Christ">[fn]Matthew 25:31-32; Acts 10:42; 17:31; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Jude 1:14-15;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 14:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 1:20-24, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 4:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 118:17 - die Song of Solomon 8:12 - thou Daniel 3:28 - yielded Hosea 10:1 - an empty vine Zechariah 14:21 - every Matthew 25:19 - reckoneth Luke 20:38 - for all John 5:23 - all men Romans 6:10 - he liveth unto 1 Corinthians 6:13 - but for 2 Corinthians 5:14 - then 2 Corinthians 8:5 - first

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For none of us liveth to himself,.... That is, none of us believers; others may, but these do not, at least they ought not, nor do they when under the influence of the grace of God: they do not live, neither to righteous, nor to sinful self; they do not live upon their duties and services; nor do they ascribe their life, righteousness, and salvation to them; nor do they live to their own lusts, or make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof, and much less to the lusts and wills of others:

and no man dieth to himself; every man dies, and must, or undergo a change equivalent to death; believers die as well as others, not eternally, or the second death, but corporeally, or a temporal death, but not to themselves; as they do not seek their own will and pleasure, and profit in life, so neither in death; they do not die to their own advantage only; death is gain unto them, it frees thema from all their sorrows, toil, and labours, and introduces them into the presence of Christ, and the enjoyment of everlasting happiness; but this is not all their death issues in, but also in the glory of Christ: moreover, no man has the power over life or death; as his life is not from himself, he has no power to lengthen or shorten it, nor to hinder or hasten death; this belongs to another Lord and master, whom life and death are both to subserve. This is an illustration of the above reason, by which the apostle confirms his advice.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For none of us ... - Whether by nature Jews or Gentiles. In the great principles of religion we are now united. Where there was evidence of a sincere desire to do the will of God there should be charitable feeling, through there was difference of opinion and judgment in many smaller matters. The meaning of the expression is, that no Christian lives to gratify his own inclinations or appetites. He makes it his great aim to do the will of God; to subordinate all his desires to his Law and gospel; and though, therefore, one should eat flesh, and should feel at liberty to devote to common employments time that another deemed sacred, yet it should not be uncharitably set down as a desire to indulge his sensual appetites, or to become rich. Another motive “may be” supposed, and where there is not positive “proof” to the contrary, “should be” supposed; see the beautiful illustration of this in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. To live “to ourselves” is to make it the great object to become rich or honored, or to indulge in the ease, comfort, and pleasures of life. These are the aim of all people but Christians; and in nothing else do Christians more differ from the world than in this; see 1 Peter 4:1-2; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Mark 10:21; Luke 9:23. On no point does it become Christians more to examine themselves than on this. To “live to ourselves” is an evidence that we are strangers to piety. And if it be the great motive of our lives to live at ease Amos 6:1 - to gratify the flesh, to gain property, or to be distinguished in places of fashion and amusement - it is evidence that we know nothing of the power of that gospel which teaches us “to deny ourselves, and take up our cross daily.

No man - No “one,” the same Greek word οὐδείς oudeis which is used in the former part of the verse. The word is used only in reference to “Christians” here, and makes no affirmation about other people.

Dieth to himself - See Romans 14:8. This expression is used to denote the “universality” or the “totality” with which Christians belong to God. Every thing is done and suffered with reference to his will. In our conduct, in our property, in our trials, in our death, we are “his;” to be disposed of as he shall please. In the grave, and in the future world, we shall be equally his. As this is the great principle on which “all” Christians live and act, we should be kind and tender toward them, though in some respects they differ from us.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 14:7. None of us liveth to himself — The Greek writers use the phrase, εαυτω ζην, to signify acting according to one's own judgment, following one's own opinion. Christians must act in all things according to the mind and will of God, and not follow their own wills. The apostle seems to intimate that in all the above cases each must endeavour to please God, for he is accountable to him alone for his conduct in these indifferent things. God is our master, we must live to him, as we live under his notice and by his bounty; and when we cease to live among men, we are still in his hand. Therefore, what we do, or what we leave undone, should be in reference to that eternity which is ever at hand.


 
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