2 Corinthians 5:14
2 Corinthians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”2 Corinthians 5:14
What Does 2 Corinthians 5:14 Mean?
2 Corinthians 5:14 is found in the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, verse 14 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Love.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Corinthians 5:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 14:15“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”Romans 12:1“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”Galatians 2:20“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Deuteronomy 6:5“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”1 John 4:19“We love him, because he first loved us.”Psalms 116:12“What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?”Romans 14:7“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.”Ephesians 3:19“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”John 21:15“So 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.”Matthew 10:37“He 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.”Matthew 25:40“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”Colossians 3:3“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”Revelation 1:18“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”Luke 15:24“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.”John 14:21“He 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.”1 Peter 1:8“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:”Hosea 11:4“I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.”Matthew 20:28“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”Acts 18:5“And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.”Romans 5:15“But 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.”
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