King James Version

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (εἰ) before One here.

ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forἀγάπηagapēloveἀγάπηnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “love”, the subject formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.the loveτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Χριστοῦchristouof ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.of Christσυνέχειsunecheiconstrainethσυνέχω (sunechō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “constraineth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4912(a) I press together, close, (b) I press on every side, confine, (c) I hold fast, (d) I urge, impel, (e) pass: I am afflicted with (sickness).constrainethἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usκρίνανταςkrinantasjudgeκρίνω (krinō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “judge”, a single actionG2919(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.This verse uses “judge”.judgeτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forπάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἀπέθανενapethanenwereἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “were”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.wereἄραarathereforeἄραconjunction — “therefore”G686then, therefore, since.This verse uses “therefore”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἀπέθανονapethanondeadἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “dead”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.dead

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰeiifεἰconditional particle — “if”G1487if.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

Young’s Literal Translation

for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

World English Bible

For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died.

Darby Translation

For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

Douay-Rheims

For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.

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