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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died; |
Bible Question: What is the context of the verse in light of the Strong's translation of the word control and also in light of the whole passage from start to finish? |
Bible Answer: "There is a metaphor implied in the word constrain [controls in 2 Corinthians 5:14 NASB], denoting that it is impossible but that every one that truly considers and ponders that wonderful love, which Christ has manifested towards us by His death, becomes, as it were, bound to Him, and constrained by the closest tie, and devotes Himself wholly to His service. "If one died for all (v15). This design is to be carefully kept in view -- that Christ died for us, that we might die to ourselves. The exposition is also to be carefully noticed -- that to die to ourselves is to live to Christ; or if you would have it at greater length, it is to renounce ourselves, that we may live to Christ; for Christ redeemed us with this view -- that He might have us under His authority, as His peculiar possession. Hence it follows that we are no longer our own masters. There is a similar passage in Romans 14:7-9. At the same time, there are two things that are here brought forward separately -- that we are dead in Christ, in order that all ambition and eagerness for distinction may be laid aside, and that it may be felt by us no hardship to be made as nothing; and farther, that we owe to Christ our life and death, because He has wholly bound us to Himself." --John Calvin |
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