Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. New Living Translation Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. English Standard Version For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; Berean Standard Bible For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. Berean Literal Bible For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that One has died for all, therefore all have died. King James Bible For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: New King James Version For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; New American Standard Bible For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; NASB 1995 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; NASB 1977 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; Legacy Standard Bible For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died. Amplified Bible For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died; Christian Standard Bible For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died. Holman Christian Standard Bible For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died. American Standard Version For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; Contemporary English Version We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died. English Revised Version For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; GOD'S WORD® Translation Clearly, Christ's love guides us. We are convinced of the fact that one man has died for all people. Therefore, all people have died. Good News Translation We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death. International Standard Version The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died. Majority Standard Bible For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that if One died for all, therefore all died. NET Bible For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. New Heart English Bible For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. Webster's Bible Translation For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: Weymouth New Testament For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death, World English Bible For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged thus: that if one died for all, then the whole died, Berean Literal Bible For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that One has died for all, therefore all have died. Young's Literal Translation for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, Smith's Literal Translation For the love of Christ holds us together; having judged this, that if one died for all, then all dead: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead. Catholic Public Domain Version For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died. New American Bible For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. New Revised Standard Version For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor the love of Christ compels us to reason thus, that if one died for all, then were all dead: Aramaic Bible in Plain English For the love of The Messiah compels us to reason this: The One died in the place of every person; so then every person died with him. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor the love of Christ constrains us, because we have this judgment that if one died for all, then have all died: Godbey New Testament For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; Haweis New Testament For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we judge thus, that if one died for all, then were all dead: Mace New Testament to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all, Weymouth New Testament For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death, Worrell New Testament For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died: Worsley New Testament For the love of Christ constraineth us, being fully persuaded of this, that if One died for all, then were all dead. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ambassadors for Christ…13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. 15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.… Cross References Romans 5:6-8 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. / Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. / But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. 1 John 4:9-10 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ... 1 John 3:16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Romans 6:4-5 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. / For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Romans 14:7-9 For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. / If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. / For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Treasury of Scripture For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: the love. 2 Corinthians 8:8,9 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love… Song of Solomon 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. Song of Solomon 8:6,7 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame… constraineth. Job 32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Luke 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. Acts 4:19,20 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye… because. Romans 2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. one. Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. then. 2 Corinthians 3:7,9 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: … Luke 15:24,32 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry… John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. Jump to Previous Arrived Christ Christ's Compels Concluded Conclusion Constrain Constraineth Constrains Controls Convinced Dead Death Died Judge Love Moving Opinion Undergone WholeJump to Next Arrived Christ Christ's Compels Concluded Conclusion Constrain Constraineth Constrains Controls Convinced Dead Death Died Judge Love Moving Opinion Undergone Whole2 Corinthians 5 1. That in his assured hope of immortal glory,9. and in expectation of it, he labors to keep a good conscience; 12. not that he may boast of himself, 14. but as one that, having received life from Christ, 17. endeavors to live as a new creature to Christ only, 18. and by his ministry of reconciliation, to reconcile others also in Christ to God. For Christ’s love The phrase "For Christ’s love" serves as the foundation of the Apostle Paul's argument. The Greek word for love here is "agape," which signifies a selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. This is the love that Christ demonstrated through His life, death, and resurrection. Historically, this love was radical in the Greco-Roman world, which often viewed love as transactional or self-serving. In a conservative Christian perspective, this love is the ultimate expression of God's nature and is the driving force behind the believer's actions and motivations. compels us because we are convinced that One died for all therefore all died Because we thus judge, that if one died for all.--Better, as expressing the force of the Greek tense, Because we formed this judgment. The form of expression implies that the conviction dated from a given time, i.e., probably, from the hour when, in the new birth of his conversion, he first learnt to know the universality of the love of Christ manifested in His death. Many MSS. omit the "if," but without any real change of meaning. It is obvious that St. Paul assumes the fact, even if it be stated hypothetically. The thought is the same as in the nearly contemporary passage of Romans 5:15-19, and takes its place among St. Paul's most unqualified assertions of the universality of the atonement effected by Christ's death. The Greek preposition does not in itself imply more than the fact that the death was on behalf of all; but this runs up--as we see by comparing Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45, with Mark 14:24, John 15:13--into the thought that the death was, in some very real sense, vicarious: in the place of the death of all men. The sequence of thought involves that meaning here. . . . Verse 14. - The love of Christ. It matters little whether this be interpreted as a subjective genitive, "Christ's love to man," or as an objective genitive, our love to Christ;" for the two suppose and interfuse each other. St. Paul's usage, however, favours the former interpretation (2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Corinthians 16:24). Constraineth. The word means that it compresses us, and therefore keeps us irresistibly to one object (Luke 12:50). That if one died for all, then were all dead. This is an unfortunate mistranslation and wrong reading for that one died for all, therefore all died. What compels Paul to sacrifice himself to the work of God for his converts is the conviction, which he formed once for all at his conversion, that One, even Christ, died on behalf of all men (Romans 5:15-19) a redeeming death (ver. 21); and that, consequently, in that death, all potentially died with him - died to their life of sin, and rose to the life of righteousness. The best comments on this bold and concentrated phrase are - "I died to the Law that I might live to Christ;" "I have been crucified with Christ" (Galatians 2:19, 20); and, "Ye died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). When Christ died, all humanity, of which he was the federal Head, died potentially with him to sin and selfishness, as he further shows in the next verse.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. Christ’s Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. love ἀγάπη (agapē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. compels συνέχει (synechei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4912: From sun and echo; to hold together, i.e. To compress or arrest; figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy. us, ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [because] we are convinced κρίναντας (krinantas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. One εἷς (heis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. died ἀπέθανεν (apethanen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. all, πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. therefore ἄρα (ara) Conjunction Strong's 686: Then, therefore, since. Probably from airo; a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive. all πάντες (pantes) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. died. ἀπέθανον (apethanon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. Links 2 Corinthians 5:14 NIV2 Corinthians 5:14 NLT 2 Corinthians 5:14 ESV 2 Corinthians 5:14 NASB 2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV 2 Corinthians 5:14 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 5:14 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 5:14 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 5:14 French Bible 2 Corinthians 5:14 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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