2 CORINTHIANS 5:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died — the love of Christ (agapē tou Christou) is his self-giving to death. This love exerts existential pressure (synechei) on Paul. The logic is participatory: Christ's death is all's death; separation is broken. Representation defines Paul's theology.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:14
“For the love of God constrains us, because we thus judge.” 'For not the fear of things to come only,' he says, 'but also those which have already happened allow us not to be slothful nor to slumber; but stir us up and impel us to these our labors on your behalf.' And what are those things which have already happened? “That if one died for all, then all died.” 'Surely then it was because all were lost,' says he. For except all were dead, He had not died for all. For here…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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