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Forγὰρthe loveἡ ἀγάπηof the Messiahτοῦ Χριστοῦcompelsσυνέχειus,ἡμᾶςbecause we have judgedκρίνανταςthis:τοῦτοthatὅτιoneεἷςdiedἀπέθανενforὑπὲρall;πάντωνthereforeἄραallοἱ πάντεςdied;ἀπέθανον
2 Corinthians 5:14
Study it in the app“For the love of the Messiah compels us, because we have judged this: that one died for all; therefore all died;”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 5:14, word by word
- the loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- compelsσυνέχειsynechei
press
To press from within, give no rest.
Where else “synechei” appears- because we have judgedκρίνανταςkrinantas
decide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “krinantas” appears- oneεἷςheis
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “heis” appears- diedἀπέθανενapethanen
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears- thereforeἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears
The context
13For if we were out of our mind, it was for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
14 · This verse (above)
15and he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.