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

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Song of Sol. 8:6• ⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. (Song of Sol. 8:6)

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Rom. 5:15• ¹⁵But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. (Rom. 5:15)

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the love.

2 Cor. 8:8‑9• ⁸I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (2 Cor. 8:8‑9)

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Song of Sol. 1:4• ⁴Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (Song of Sol. 1:4)

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Song of Sol. 8:6‑7• ⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
⁷Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. (Song of Sol. 8:6‑7)

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Matt. 10:37‑38• ³⁷He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
³⁸And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37‑38)

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Luke 7:42‑47• ⁴²And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
⁴³Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
⁴⁴And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
⁴⁵Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
⁴⁶My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
⁴⁷Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. (Luke 7:42‑47)

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John 14:21‑23• ²¹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
²²Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
²³Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:21‑23)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
¹⁷He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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1 Cor. 16:22• ²²If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. (1 Cor. 16:22)

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Eph. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
¹⁹And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:18‑19)

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Eph. 6:24• ²⁴Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. <<To the Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.>> (Eph. 6:24)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)

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1 Peter 1:8• ⁸Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1 Peter 1:8)

constraineth.

Job 32:18• ¹⁸For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. (Job 32:18)

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Luke 24:29• ²⁹But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. (Luke 24:29)

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Acts 4:19‑20• ¹⁹But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
²⁰For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:19‑20)

because.

Rom. 2:2• ²But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. (Rom. 2:2)

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1 Cor. 2:14• ¹⁴But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor. 2:14)

one.

Isa. 53:6• ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isa. 53:6)

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Matt. 20:28• ²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:28)

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John 1:29• ²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

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John 11:50‑52• ⁵⁰Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
⁵¹And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
⁵²And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. (John 11:50‑52)

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1 Tim. 2:6• ⁶Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1 Tim. 2:6)

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Heb. 2:9• ⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Heb. 2:9)

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1 John 2:1‑2• ¹My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:1‑2)

then.

2 Cor. 3:7,9• ⁷But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
⁹For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. (2 Cor. 3:7,9)

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Luke 15:24,32• ²⁴For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
³²It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:24,32)

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John 5:25• ²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (John 5:25)

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John 11:25• ²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11:25)

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Rom. 5:15• ¹⁵But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. (Rom. 5:15)

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Rom. 14:7‑9• ⁷For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
⁸For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
⁹For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (Rom. 14:7‑9)

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Eph. 2:1‑5• ¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
³Among whom also we all had our conversation 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.
⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:1‑5)

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Col. 2:13• ¹³And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; (Col. 2:13)

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1 Tim. 5:6• ⁶But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (1 Tim. 5:6)

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Titus 3:3• ³For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:3)

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1 John 5:19• ¹⁹And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. (1 John 5:19)

• The love of this same Jesus was strengthened in its active operation in him by the sense of the tribunal which awaits all men. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• Christ's death for all is the proof that it was all over with mankind. If He went down in grace to the grave, it was just because they were already there, and none otherwise could be delivered. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:12-15” by W. Kelly)

• Death spiritually, not physically, is in question. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:12-15” by W. Kelly)

• We may not see the evidence of the constraining power of Christ’s love in the lives of all believers, as we do in Paul, but this is not because His love lacks the power to move them; it’s because they don’t live close enough to Him to feel its constraining effect. Like a huge magnet with plenty of drawing power, it will not pick up the smallest iron object if the object is too far away from the magnet. (“Reasons for This Session: 2 Corinthians 5:9-10” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

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Or "had died." It is the aorist, and refers to the state Christ's death proved them to be in, in a state of nature. To make it a consequence of Christ's death is, I judge, an utter blunder.

W. Kelly Translation

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For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that ifa one died for all, then they all were deadb;

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The mass of authority and of the highest character omits "if," which T. R. has. It seems a mere slip to omit it, because of the word "one" following.

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Or, "died."