who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
we should live together with him: As Robertson notes, this phrase covers "all of life (now and hereafter)" (36). But whether alive or dead; whether on earth or with the Lord; whether now or then; whether in the body or out of the body, "we should live together with him." "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s" (Romans 14:8).