Romans 14:9-11 For this purpose Christ died and became alive again, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and of the living.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ For this purpose Christ died and became alive again, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and of the living. ¹⁰ But you the abstainer, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you again the non-abstainer, why do you despise yours? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. ¹¹ For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess."