2 Corinthians 5:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.”
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“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 11:18So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- Song of Solomon 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
- Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Matthew 10:37Anyone 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;
- 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.”
- Luke 7:42When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
- Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
- Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
- 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!
- John 5:25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 11:50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
- John 14:21Whoever 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.”
- John 21:15When 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.”
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Romans 2:2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
- 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!
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
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