2 Corinthians 5:14

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Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.

^14–15Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.

Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.

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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