ACC ~ Romans 14 v8

BAPTISM AS BURIAL. ORIGEN: Here “death” refers to the death which we die when we are buried with Christ in baptism, and “life” is the life we live in Christ, having died to sin and become strangers to this world. CoMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

LIVING TO THE LAW. CHRYSOSTOM: One who is living under the law cannot be living to Christ as well. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 25.

WE LIVE TO THE LORD. PELAGIUS: Therefore, we must take care that we do not live for ourselves in eating or die on account of others in fasting. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

WE ARE THE LORD’S. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: If we live, it is Christ’s life that we live; if we die, we die with him, under his custody. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.