14For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.


In Context

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

13 If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

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

15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

2nd Corinthians 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: