2 Corinthians 5:14
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- KJV
- For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- WEB
- For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died.
- ASV
- For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
- DARBY
- For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
- BLB
- For the love of Christ compels us, having judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died.
- ÅB
- For Kristi kjærlighet tvinger oss,
- OTB
- For Kristi kjærlighet driver oss, etter å ha konkludert dette: at én døde for alle, derfor døde alle;
- B1930
- For Kristi kjærlighet tvinger oss,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Read in contextRomans 14:7–9
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Read in contextMatthew 10:37–38
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Read in contextRomans 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Read in contextMatthew 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.
Read in contextEphesians 3:18–19
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Read in contextJohn 14:21–23
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
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