Rom 14:8 | RWP | e4.org | Whether--or ( εαν τε--εαν τε ). "Both if--and if" (condition of third class with present subjunctive ( ζωμεν--αποθνησκωμεν ). Both living and dying are "to the Lord." Paul repeats the idiom ( εαν τε--εαν τε ) with the conclusion "we are the Lord's ( του κυριου εσμεν ). Predicate genitive, "we belong to the Lord."

‏ Romans 14:8

Whether--or ( εαν τε--εαν τε ). "Both if--and if" (condition of third class with present subjunctive ( ζωμεν--αποθνησκωμεν ). Both living and dying are "to the Lord." Paul repeats the idiom ( εαν τε--εαν τε ) with the conclusion "we are the Lord's ( του κυριου εσμεν ). Predicate genitive, "we belong to the Lord."