Romans 14:7-12
14:7 a As the Lord’s servants (14:4 b), Christians are to look to God for guidance and seek to honor him in all things (14:8 c). Because we are ultimately accountable to him, our desire should always be to please him, not to live for ourselves.14:9 d Paul refers to standard early Christian teaching on the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection (e.g., 2 Cor 5:15 e).
• of the living and of the dead (literally of the dead and of the living): The original word order matches the sequence of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the redemptive events that make Jesus our Lord.
14:10 f we will all stand before the judgment seat of God: Paul reminds the Roman Christians that it is the Lord, not other Christians, who will ultimately judge all of us (cp. 2 Cor 5:10 g).
14:11 h This quotation is from Isa 49:18 i; 45:23 j. In its original context, Isa 45:23 k is surrounded by assertions of God’s sovereignty (Isa 45:22 l, 24 m). Only the sovereign God has the right to stand in judgment (Rom 14:10 n, 12 o).
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