2 Corinthians 5:14-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 [a]For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.(A) 15 He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.(B)
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- 5:14–15 These verses echo 2 Cor 4:14 and resume the treatment of “life despite death” from 2 Cor 4:7–5:10.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
New International Version
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
King James Version
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
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