{Whether--or} (ean te--ean te). "Both if--and if"
(condition of third class with present subjunctive
(z(936d)en--apothn(8873)k(936d)en). Both living and dying are "to the
Lord." Paul repeats the idiom (ean te--ean te) with the
conclusion "we are the Lord's (	ou kuriou esmen). Predicate
genitive, "we belong to the Lord."