For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: |
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; |
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all 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 controls and urges and impels us, because we are of the opinion and conviction that [if] One died for all, then all died; |
For the love which Christ has [for me] presses on me from all sides, holding me to one end and prohibiting me from considering any other, wrapping itself around me in tenderness, giving me an impelling motive, having brought me to this conclusion, namely, that One died on behalf of all, therefore all died. |
The very spring of our actions is the love of Christ. We look at it like this: if one died for all men, then, in a sense, they all died, |
For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died, |
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- The Death of Self; A Larger Christian Life - A.B. Simpson Excerpted from his book, this writing from a hundred years ago still speaks volumes about today’s Christian’s need to die to self.