Romans 14:8

First Nations Version

If we live, it is to honor the Great Chief with our lives. If we die, it is to bring honor to him with our deaths. So in life or in death we belong to him.

Cross References

Philippians 1:20

From deep in my spirit comes the hope that I will never face the shame of defeat but that I will have the courage, now and always, to bring honor to the Chosen One by the way I live or by the way I die.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

He died for us so that we might live together with him, whether we remain alive until he comes or have died and walked on.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But all in their own time. The Chosen One rose first—the firstfruits of the harvest to come. Then, when the Chosen One returns, all who are his will live again.

Acts 21:13

“Why are you weeping and breaking my heart?” he said to them. “I am representing our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus). I am ready not only to be bound but even to die for him in Village of Peace (Jerusalem).”

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from the spirit-world above saying to me, “Write this down: from this time forward Creator’s blessing will rest on those who die, the ones who will make the ultimate sacrifice for their Honored Chief.” “It is true!” says the Spirit. “The weary will find rest from their troubled path, and what they have done will follow them into the world to come.”

Philippians 2:17

Even if my lifeblood is to be poured out like a ceremonial drink offering in loving service to your faith, my heart is glad and I share my joy with you.

Acts 20:24

But my life means nothing to me. I only want to finish walking the road the Maker of Life has set before me, telling the good story of the gift of his great kindness as I follow Creator Sets Free (Jesus), my Honored Chief.

Philippians 2:30

For he came close to death working for the Chosen One. He risked his life to give me the help you were not able to give because you lived so far away.

Acts 13:36

“It is clear that Much Loved One (David), after he served Creator’s purpose for the people of his own day, crossed over into the death-sleep, was buried with his ancestors, and his body returned to the ground.

John 21:19

He was telling him the kind of death he would die, to bring honor to Creator. Then he said to Stands on the Rock (Peter), “Come, walk the road with me.” This was the same invitation he had given years earlier to Stands on the Rock (Peter) in Circle of Nations (Galilee) after the canoes had been filled with fish.

Luke 20:38

“He is not the Great Spirit of the dead, but of the living. To him all are alive.”