2 Corinthians 5:14

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Summary

2 Corinthians 5:14

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

The love

Constraineth

Luke 24:29

Acts 4:19

One

Then

General references

John 14:15

Ephesians 4:20

1 John 4:19

Bible References

The love

I don't mean to prescribe to you, but that the zeal of others may show you are as sincerely well-affected.

he that loveth father or mother more than me, is unworthy of me: he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is unworthy of me.

having not wherewithal to pay it, he freely discharged them both of the debt. tell me now, which of the two will love him most?

he that hath received my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me, shall be beloved by my father, and I will love him, and shew my self unto him.

So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accurst.

Be ye rooted and grounded in social virtue, that you may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of this mystery:

grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.

for God is too just to his promise not to regard your piety, and the love which you have shewn to the christian religion by the assistance ye have given to the saints, and still continue to give.

whom though you have not seen, you love: and though he is not now the object of your view, yet you believe in him, and triumph with such a laudable transport, as cannot be express'd:

Constraineth

but they press'd him, saying, stay with us, for it is late and begins to be dark. so he went in to tarry with them.

but Peter and John made answer, do you yourselves judge, whether it be right in the sight of God, to obey you rather than God.

One

as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world."

you little consider it is our interest, that one man should die for the people, to prevent the destruction of the whole nation.

who gave himself for the redemption of all mankind: this is what was to be promulg'd in due time:

but Jesus, who was for a while inferior to the angels by his sufferings and death, we see was crown'd with glory and honour; when by the divine goodness, he had pass'd thro' death for every man.

My dear children, these things I write unto you, that ye may avoid sin. but if any man has failed, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the just.

Then

now if the law engraven on stone, the letter of whose sanction is death, was delivered with such glory, that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, tho' it was transient;

for this son of mine was dead, and is come to life: he was lost, and is found again. and then they began their feast.

I declare unto you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God: and they that hear shall live.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:

the type of him that was to come: but yet the damage of the fall does not exactly correspond to the advantages of the divine favour: for tho' through the fall of one, mankind became mortal, yet this is greatly over-ballanced by the favour and bounty of God, in the benevolence of one man, Jesus Christ, to all mankind.

for we neither live, nor die, as if we were our own masters.

When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,

Even you, who were in a dying sinful state, and were uncircumcised Gentiles, has God raised to life, as he did Christ, having pardoned all your sins:

the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.

for even we ourselves were once inconsiderate, disobedient, deluded, addicted to variety of passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, the deserving objects of mutual hatred.

we know that we are the children of God, and the rest of the world are subject to the evil spirit.

General references

if ye love me, keep my commandments.

but you have learned other things from Christ,

let us love him; since he first loved us.