Rom 14:7-9 | TNotes | STEP | 14:7 As the Lord’s servants (14:4 ), Christians are to look to God for guidance and seek to honor him in all things (14:8 ). Because we are ultimately accountable to him, our desire should always be to please him, not to live for ourselves .

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‏ Romans 14:7-9

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.