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Ambassadors for Christ

2 Corinthians 5:14

In 9 translations

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;
LSV
for the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged thus: that if one died for all, then the whole died,
YLT
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
DBY
For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
DRC
For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.
GNV
For that loue of Christ constraineth vs,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἰ (“if”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι; Robinson–Pierpont add εἰ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς, κρίναντας τοῦτο ὅτι εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν· ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον·
RP2018
Ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς, κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἰ εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον·
TR-Boyd
Ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς, κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἰ εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον·
SCR1894
η γαρ αγαπη του χριστου συνεχει ημας κριναντας τουτο οτι ει εις υπερ παντων απεθανεν αρα οι παντες απεθανον

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  • Galatians 2:20I 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.
  • Romans 14:7–9For 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…
  • Matthew 10:37–38Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
  • 1 Peter 1:8Though 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,
  • Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  • Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  • Ephesians 3:18–19will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness…
  • John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You…
  • John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  • 2 Corinthians 8:8–9I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became…
  • John 11:50–52You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus…
  • Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
  • Luke 7:42–47When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?” “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. And turning toward…
  • John 21:15–17When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” Jesus asked a second time,…
  • 2 Corinthians 3:9For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
  • 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

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