Whether - or (ean tė̇ean te). “Both if - and if” (condition of third class with present subjunctive (zōmeṅ̇apothnēskōmen). Both living and dying are “to the Lord.” Paul repeats the idiom (ean tė̇ean te) with the conclusion “we are the Lord’s (tou kuriou esmen). Predicate genitive, “we belong to the Lord.”