2 Corinthians 5:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς· κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἰ εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον:

Transliteration

The gar agapē of the Christou synechei us; having krinantas this, that if one for all apethanen, then the all apethanon:

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for/because [explanatory]
• *agapē*: noun, nominative feminine singular - love
• *Christou*: noun, genitive masculine singular - of Christ
• *synechei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - compels/constrains/controls
• *krinantas*: aorist active participle, accusative masculine plural - having judged/concluded
• *apethanen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - died
• *apethanon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - died

Word Meanings

• *agapē*: love/charity/benevolence
• *synechei*: compels/constrains/controls/urges
• *krinantas*: having judged/concluded/determined
• *apethanen*: died/passed away
• *apethanon*: died/passed away

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that {G1487} one died for all, therefore {G599} all died;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For the love of Christ costrayneth vs be cause we thus iudge yf one be deed for all yt then are all deed

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For that loue of Christ constraineth vs,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Matt 10:37-38 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this reason Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Rom 5:15 : 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of one many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
• John 11:50-52 : 50 Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish. 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
• Luke 7:42-47 : 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
• Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live:
• Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.
• Song 8:6-7 : 6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its coals are coals of fire, with a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, it would utterly be scorned.
• Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Luke 24:29 : 29 But they urged him, saying, Stay with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to stay with them.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Acts 4:19-20 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
• Rom 2:2 : 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.
• Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
• 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory.
• Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave Himself as a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.