Romans 14:7
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
KJV
οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἑαυτῷ ζῇ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἑαυτῷ ἀποθνῄσκει·
Greek NT
Nemo enim nostrum sibi vivit, et nemo sibi moritur.
Vulgate
For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
ASV
For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§953Communion in charity. In the sanctorum communio, "None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself."487 "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it."488 "Charity does not insist on its own way."489 In this solidarity with all men, living or dead, which is fo…
Abba Antony said, "Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ."
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
- 1Cor 6:19 — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
- 1Cor 6:19 — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
- 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 1Thess 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
- 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- 2Cor 5:15 — And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
- 2Cor 5:15 — And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
- 2Cor 8:5 — And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
- Dan 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, a
- Gal 2:19 — For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
- Gal 2:19 — For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
- Hos 10:1 — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- Luke 20:38 — For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- Matt 25:19 — After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
- Phil 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or
- Phil 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or
- Ps 118:17 — I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- Rom 6:10 — For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
- Rom 14:9 — For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
- Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.