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2 Corinthians 5:14
14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;
- New Living Translation (NLT)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.
Context of 2 Corinthians 5:14
12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and 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. 16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 52 Corinthians 5:14 word by word
ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν· ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- constrainethσυνέχωsunechō · to hold/oppressG4912
- usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- becauseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- we thus judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- thenἄραara · thereforeG686
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 5:14
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
- Matthew 10:37“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Luke 7:42Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
- John 14:21Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
- John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!
- Ephesians 3:18may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
- Ephesians 6:24Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
- Hebrews 6:10God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
- 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
- Luke 24:29But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!
- Romans 2:2Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
- Isaiah 53:6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For the love of Christ constraineth us - We have the love of God shed abroad in our hearts, and this causes us to love God intensely, and to love and labor for the salvation of men. And it is the effect produced by this love which ̔, bears us away with itself, which causes us to love after the similitude of that love by which we are influenced; and as God so loved the world as to give his Son for it, and as Christ so loved the world as to pour out his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For the love of Christ - In this verse, Paul brings into view the principle which actuated him; the reason of his extraordinary and disinterested zeal. That was, that he was influenced by the love which Christ had shown in dying for all people, and by the argument which was furnished by that death respecting the actual character and condition of man (in this verse); and of the obligation of those who professed to be his true friends 2 Corinthians 5:15…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The terror of the Lord. Knowing what terrible vengeance the Lord would execute upon the workers of iniquity, the apostle and his brethren used every argument and persuasion, to lead men to believe in the Lord Jesus, and to act as his disciples. Their zeal…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Christ’s love compels us: This could mean either believers’ love for Christ or, more likely, Christ’s love for us. This love motivates believers to spread the message of Christ through their service (see 1 Corinthians 9:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. For--Accounting for his being "beside himself" with enthusiasm: the love of Christ towards us (in His death for us, the highest proof of it, Ro 5:6-8), producing in turn love in us to Him, and not mere "terror" (2Co 5:11). constraineth us--with irresistible power limits us to the one great object to the exclusion of other considerations. The Greek implies to compress forcibly the energies into one channel. Love is jealous of any rival object…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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