2 Corinthians 5:14

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

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ. I live verely: yet now not I but Christ liveth in me. For ye lyfe which I now live in ye flesshe I live by the fayth of ye sonne of God which loved me and gave him selne for me.
• Matt 10:37-38 : 37 He that lovith hys father or mother more then me is not mete for me. And he that loveth his sonne or doughter more then me is not mete for me. 38 And he yt taketh not his crosse and foloweth me ys not mete for me.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 who ye have not sene and yet love him in whom even now though ye se him not ye yet beleue and reioyce with ioye vnspeakable and glorious:
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For god is not vnrighteous that he shuld forget youre worke and laboure that procedeth of love which love shewed in his name which have ministred vnto the saynctes and yet minister
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 And he yt eateth not eateth not to please ye LORde wt all and geveth god thankes. 8 For none of vs lyveth his awne servaut: nether doeth anye of vs dye his awne servaunt. Yf we lyve we lyve to be at ye LORdes will. And yf we dye we dye at ye LORdes will. Whether we lyve therfore or dye we are the LORdes. 9 For Christ therfore dyed and rose agayne and revived that he myght be LORde both of deed and quicke.
• John 1:29 : 29 The nexte daye Iohn sawe Iesus commyge vnto him and sayde: beholde the lambe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 Yf eny man love not the Lorde Iesus Christ the same be anathema maranatha.
• Rom 5:15 : 15 But the gyfte is not lyke as the synne. For yf thorow the synne of one many be deed: moche more plenteous vpon many was the grace of God and gyfte by grace: which grace was geven by one man Iesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 Thys saye I not as commaundynge: but be cause other are so fervent therfore prove I youre love whether it be perfait or no. 9 Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure LORde Iesus Christ which though he were riche yet for youre sakes be came poore: that ye thorow his povertie myght be made ryche.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
• Luke 7:42-47 : 42 When they had nothinge to paye he forgave the boothe. Which of them tell me will love him moost? 43 Simon answered and sayde: I suppose that he to whom he forgave moost. And he sayde vnto him: Thou hast truly iudged. 44 And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon: Seist thou this woman? I entred into thy housse and thou gavest me noo water to my fete but she hath wesshed my fete with teares and wiped the with the heeres of her heed. 45 Thou gavest me no kysse: but she sence ye tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my fete 46 Myne heed wt oyle thou dydest not anoynte: but she hath annoynted my fete wt oyntmet. 47 Wherefore I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgeve her for she loved moche. To whom lesse is forgeven the same doeth lesse love.
• John 11:50-52 : 50 nor yet consider that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perisshe. 51 This spake he not of him selfe but beinge hye preste that same yeare he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people 52 and not for the people only but that he shuld gader to geder in one the chyldren of God which were scattered abroode.
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He that hath my comaundemetes and kepeth them the same is he that loveth me. And he yt loveth me shall be loved of my father: and I will love him and will shewe myne awne selfe vnto him. 22 Iudas sayde vnto him (not Iudas Iscarioth) Lorde what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde? 23 Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: yf a man love me and wyll kepe my sayinges my father also will love him and we will come vnto him and will dwelle with him.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dyned Iesus sayde to Simon Peter: Simon Ioana lovest thou me more then these? He sayde vnto him: ye Lorde thou knowest that I love the. He sayde vnto him: fede my lambes. 16 He sayde to him agayne the seconde tyme: Simo Ioana lovest thou me? He sayde vnto him: ye LORde thou knowest that I love ye. He sayde vnto him: fede my shepe. 17 He sayde vnto him ye thyrde tyme: Simon Ioanna lovest thou me? And Peter sorowed because he sayde to him ye thyrde tyme lovest thou me and sayde vnto him: Lorde thou knowest all thinge thou knowest that I love the. Iesus sayde vnto him: fede my shepe.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we oure selves also were in tymes past vnwyse disobedient deceaved in daunger to lustes and to diuers maners of volupteousnes livynge in maliciousnes and envie full of hate hatinge one another.
• Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne 2 in ye which in tyme passed ye walked acordynge to the course of this worlde and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer the sprete yt now worketh in the children of vnbelefe 3 amonge which we also had oure conversacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fullfilled the will of the flesshe and of the mynde: and were naturally the children of wrath even as wel as other. 4 But God which is rich in mercy thorow his greate love wherwith he loved vs 5 even when we were deed by synne hath quickened vs together in Christ (for by grace are ye saved)
• Eph 3:18-19 : 18 myght be able to comprehende with all sayntes what ys that bredth aud length deepth and heyth: 19 and to knowe what is the love of Christ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them which love oure LORde Iesus Christ in puernes. Amen.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is deed even yet alive.
• Luke 15:24 : 24 for this my sonne was deed and is alyve agayne he was loste and is now founde. And they began to be merye.
• John 11:25 : 25 Iesus sayde vnto her: I am the resurreccion and the lyfe: He that beleveth on me ye though he were deed yet shall he lyve.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For ye naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined.
• 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 Yf the ministracion of deeth thorow the letters figured in stones was glorious so yt the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenauce (which glory neverthelesse is done awaye)
• 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if ye ministringe of condempnacio beglorious: moche more do the the ministracion of rightewesnes excede in glory.
• Luke 24:29 : 29 But they constrayned him sayinge: abyde with vs for it draweth towardes nyght and the daye is farre passed. And he went in to tary with the.
• Acts 4:19-20 : 19 But Peter and Iohn answered vnto them and sayde: whether it be right in the syght of God to obeye you moare then God iudge ye. 20 For we canot but speake that which we have sene and hearde.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 When Sylas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Paul was constrayned by the sprete to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was very Christ.
• Rom 2:2 : 2 But we are sure that the iudgement of God is accordinge to trueth agaynst them which commit soche thinges.
• Col 2:13 : 13 And ye which weare deed in synne thorow ye vncircucision of youre flesshe hath he quyckened wt him and hath forgeve vs all oure trespases
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 which gave him silfe a raunsome for all men that it shuld be testified at his tyme