SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:8
Que si vivimos, para el Seor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Seor morimos. Así que, o que vivamos, o que muramos, del Seor somos.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord , etc..] As natural, so spiritual life is derived from the Lord, and believers live by faith upon him, and according to his will revealed in the word; find to his honour and glory; at least they desire so to do: and whether we die, we die unto the Lord ; resigning up life unto him, whenever it is his pleasure; magnifying of him, as by life, so by death; dying to be with him, to be raised again by him, and live with him for evermore; in the faith and hope of this, the believer both lives and dies, and so glorifies Christ both in life and death: hence this conclusion follows, whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's ; by the gift of the Father to him, by his own purchase, and the power of his grace, making them willing to give up themselves to him: and hence it is, that under a sense of this, that they are his, and not their own, nor another's, they do all they do for his glory; whether they observe, or not observe a day, it is to the Lord; whether they eat, or not eat things formerly forbidden, it is to him; and whether they live or die, it is to the Lord, whose they are: and hence also it is, that they are not to be despised and set at nought, or to be judged and censured by one another, since they belong to another master, who is their Lord, and will be their Judge.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-13 - Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live to themselves. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christianity. The business of our lives is not to please ourselves, but to please God That is true Christianity, which makes Christ all in all. Thoug Christians are of different strength, capacities, and practices in lesser things, yet they are all the Lord's; all are looking an serving, and approving themselves to Christ. He is Lord of those tha are living, to rule them; of those that are dead, to revive them, an raise them up. Christians should not judge or despise one another because both the one and the other must shortly give an account. believing regard to the judgment of the great day, would silence ras judgings. Let every man search his own heart and life; he that is strict in judging and humbling himself, will not be apt to judge an despise his brother. We must take heed of saying or doing things whic may cause others to stumble or to fall. The one signifies a lesser, the other a greater degree of offence; that which may be an occasion of grief or of guilt to our brother.
Greek Textus Receptus
εαν 1437 COND τε 5037 PRT γαρ 1063 CONJ ζωμεν 2198 5725 V-PAS-1P τω 3588 T-DSM κυριω 2962 N-DSM ζωμεν 2198 5719 V-PAI-1P εαν 1437 COND τε 5037 PRT αποθνησκωμεν 599 5725 V-PAS-1P τω 3588 T-DSM κυριω 2962 N-DSM αποθνησκομεν 599 5719 V-PAI-1P εαν 1437 COND τε 5037 PRT ουν 3767 CONJ ζωμεν 2198 5725 V-PAS-1P εαν 1437 COND τε 5037 PRT αποθνησκωμεν 599 5725 V-PAS-1P του 3588 T-GSM κυριου 2962 N-GSM εσμεν 2070 5748 V-PXI-1P
Robertson's NT Word Studies
14:8 {Whether--or} (ean te--ean te). "Both if--and if" (condition of third class with present subjunctive (z"men--apothnsk"men). Both living and dying are "to the Lord." Paul repeats the idiom (ean te--ean te) with the conclusion "we are the Lord's (tou kuriou esmen). Predicate genitive, "we belong to the Lord."
