Verse Lens · Context pointer
Romans 14:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
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Role in This Section
This verse denies that life or death is an isolated possession of the self.
Read It With
- Romans 14:1–12
Read Romans 14:7 with 14:1–12. This verse denies that life or death is an isolated possession of the self. The complete unit establishes: Paul commands welcome across food and calendar disagreements, forbids contempt and condemnation, and recenters every participant on the Lord's ownership and judgment.
Why It Needs Context
The complete movement in Romans 14:1–12 supplies the speaker, scriptural logic, objection, qualification, or outcome that gives this line its force; isolated teaching would detach it from those controls.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Romans 14:1–12 — Welcome People without Contempt or Judgment over Disputable PracticesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Romans 14:1–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, and base text for original-language discussion.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Rom.txt, 14:1–12
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