World English Bible

Romans 14:9

“For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.”

Verse in context — Romans 14

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.

A deep explanation of salvation by grace through faith in Christ.