2 Corinthians 5:14 BSB

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, 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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

LETTER 50 (444)

But how is it that "one died for all," one who is worth all others, if the suffering is considered simply that of some man? If he suffered according to his human nature, since he made the sufferings of his body his own.… The death of him alone according to the flesh is known to be worth the life of all, not the death of one who is as we are, even though he became like to us, but we say that he, being God by nature, became flesh and was made man according to the confession of the Fathers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For the love of Christ constraineth us,.... Or "containeth us"; holds and keeps us in our station and duty, as soldiers are held and kept together under a banner, or ensign displayed; to which the church refers, when she says, "his banner over me was love", Son 2:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

While we thus judge, that if Christ died for all, then are all, even the best of men, naturally dead - In a state of spiritual death, and liable to death eternal. For had any man been otherwise, Christ had not needed to have died for him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, This was the deplorable condition of all those for whom Christ died: they were lost and undone, dead and ruined, and must have remained thus miserable for ever if Christ had not died for them. (2.) What such should do, for whom Christ died; namely, that they should live to him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Greek implies to compress forcibly the energies into one channel. Love is jealous of any rival object engrossing the soul (2Co 11:1-3). because we thus judge--literally, "(as) having judged thus"; implying a judgment formed at conversion, and ever since regarded as a settled truth. that if--that is, that since.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	The	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀγάπη	agapē	love	G26 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	of Christ	G5547 →
συνέχει	sunechei	compels	G4912 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
κρίναντας	krinantas	having concluded	G2919 →
τοῦτο,	touto	this,	G3778 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
εἷς	heis	One	G1520 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
πάντων	pantōn	all	G3956 →
ἀπέθανεν·	apethanen	has died;	G599 →
ἄρα	ara	therefore	G686 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
ἀπέθανον.	apethanon	have died.	G599 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15
  And 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.
- Romans 6:4–6
  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…
- Colossians 3:3–4
  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
  We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Through
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
leads to
- John 20:29
  Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
  For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians