Romans 14:9

“For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, etc..] This last word “revived” is omitted by the Vulgate Latin, but very naturally placed by the Syriac, between Christ's dying and rising. The Alexandrian copy reads, “died and lived”: and the Ethiopic version, “died and revived”: the end of all which was, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and living; that is, of believers, whether dead or alive; for though he is Lord of all, as God and Creator, yet his appearing to be Lord by his dying, rising, and living again, can only have respect to them, for whom dying he has abolished death, and destroyed Satan; whom he has redeemed from sin, and delivered from this present evil…”

“For to this end Christ both, &c.--The true reading here is, To this end Christ died and lived ("again"). that he might be Lord both of the dead and--"and of the" living--The grand object of His death was to acquire this absolute Lordship over His redeemed, both in their living and in their dying, as His of right.”

“For to this end - For this purpose or design. The apostle does not say that this was the “only” design of his death, but that it was a main purpose, or an object which he had distinctly in view. This declaration is introduced in order to confirm what he had said in the previous verse, that in all circumstances we are the Lord’s. This he shows by the fact that Jesus died “in order” that we “might” be his. And rose - This expression is rejected by most modern critics. It is wanting in many manuscripts, and has been probably introduced in the text from the margin. And revived - There is also a variation in the Greek in this place, but not so great as to change the sense materially. It refers to…”

“14:9 Paul refers to standard early Christian teaching on the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection (e.g., 2 Cor 5:15). • 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.”

“Christ: Isa 53:10-12; Luk 24:26; Co2 5:14; Heb 12:2; Pe1 1:21; Rev 1:18 Lord: Mat 28:18; Joh 5:22, Joh 5:23, Joh 5:27-29; Act 10:36, Act 10:42; Eph 1:20-23; Phi 2:9-11; Ti2 4:1; Pe1 4:5 Romans 14:10”