2 Corinthians 5:14

Easy To Read Version

The love of Christ controls us. Why? Because we know that One (Christ) has died for all people. So all have died.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:18

But the Three {\cf2\super [122]} fought their way through the Philistine army. These three men got some water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then the Three Heroes brought the water to David. But David refused to drink the water. He poured it out on the ground as an offering to the Lord.

Job 32:18

I have so much to say,\par that I am about to explode.\par

Isaiah 53:6

But \{even after he did this,\} all of us wandered away like sheep. We all went our own way. \{We did this after\} the Lord \{freed us from our guilt and\} put all our guilt on him.

Matthew 20:28

It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Luke 15:24

My son was dead, but now he is alive again! He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to have a party.

Luke 15:32

We must be happy and have a party; because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’”

Luke 24:29

But they wanted him to stay. They begged him, “Stay with us. It is late; it is almost night.” So he went in to stay with them.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. {\cf2\super [176]} I am life. The person that believes in me will have life \{again\} after he dies.

John 5:25

I tell you the truth. An \{important\} time is coming. That time is already here. People that are dead \{in sin\} will hear the voice of the Son of God. And the people that \{accept the things they\} hear \{from the Son\} will have life \{forever\}.

Acts 18:5

Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia to Paul in Corinth. After this, Paul used all his time telling people the Good News. {\cf2\super [361]} He showed the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. {\cf2\super [362]}

Romans 2:2

God judges the people that do those wrong things. And we know that God’s judgment is right.

Romans 5:15

But God’s free gift is not like Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man (Adam). But the grace (kindness) that people received from God was much greater. Many people received God’s gift \{of life\} by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer the parts of your body to serve sin. Don’t use your bodies as things to do evil with. But you should offer yourselves to God. Be like people that have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used for doing good.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross. This happened so that our sinful selves would have no power over us. And then we would not be slaves to sin.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If any person does not love the Lord, then let that person be separated from God—lost forever!

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The old agreement {\cf2\super [10]} (the law) that brought death was written with words on stone. {\cf2\super [11]} It came with \{God’s\} glory. The face of Moses {\cf2\super [12]} was so bright with glory that the people of Israel (the Jews) could not continue looking at his face. And that glory later disappeared.

2 Corinthians 3:9

This is what I mean: That old agreement judged people guilty of sin, but it had glory. So surely the new agreement that makes people right with God has much greater glory.

Galatians 2:20

So the life that I live now is not really me—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God (Jesus). Jesus is the One who loved me. He gave himself to save me.

Ephesians 6:24

God’s grace (kindness) to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.

Colossians 2:13

You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.

Colossians 3:3

Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.

1 Timothy 2:6

Jesus gave himself to pay for \{the sins of\} all people. Jesus is proof \{that God wants all people to be saved\}. And he came at the right time.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.

Titus 3:3

Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 2:9

For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace (kindness) Jesus died for every person.

Hebrews 6:10

God is fair. God will remember all the work you have done. And God will remember that you showed your love to him by helping his people. And God will remember that you continue to help his people.

1 Peter 1:8

You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You can’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are filled with a joy that cannot be explained. And that joy is full of glory.

1 John 5:19

These are the people who divide you. These people do only what their sinful selves want. They don’t have the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]}