Romans 14:7
Good News Translation
We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only.

New Revised Standard Version
We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.

Contemporary English Version
Whether we live or die, it must be for God, rather than for ourselves.

New American Bible
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself.

Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

1 Corinthians 6:19,20 Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own? . . .

2 Corinthians 5:15 And Christ died for all: that they also who live may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.

Galatians 2:19,20 For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross. . . .

Philippians 1:20-24 According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded: but with all confidence, as always, so now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us: that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

1 Peter 4:2 That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men but according to the will of God.

Context
The Law of Liberty
6He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord. And he that eateth eateth to the Lord: for he giveth thanks to God. And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not and giveth thanks to God. 7For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself. 8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.…
Cross References
Zechariah 14:21
And every caldron in Jerusalem and Juda shall be sanctified to the Lord of hosts: and all that sacrifice shall come, and take of them, and shall seethe in them: and the merchant shall be no more in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.

Romans 8:38
For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might,

1 Corinthians 6:19
Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?

2 Corinthians 5:15
And Christ died for all: that they also who live may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.

Galatians 2:20
And I live, now not I: but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and delivered himself for me.

Philippians 1:20
According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded: but with all confidence, as always, so now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.

Romans 14:6
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