5 ^aOne person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.  ‡

6 He who ^aobserves the day, observes it to the Lord;¹ and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for ^bhe gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.  ‡

8 For if we ^alive, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.  ‡

9 For ^ato this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be ^bLord of both the dead and the living.  ‡