forth in this letter,16 seek to give expression to the love of Christ shown to Paul. The universal scope of Christ’s love and Christ’s death is seen not only in the words one died for all but also in the enigmatic corollary therefore all died (verse 14). We can understand that one died for all, but what do the words therefore all died mean? The all in both parts of the sentence is clearly to emphasize the universal, inclusive nature of Christ’s death; none is excluded from the sphere of God’s saving