2 Corinthians 5:14

New International Reader's Version

Christ’s love controls us. We are sure that one person died for everyone. And so everyone died.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:18

So the three mighty warriors fought their way past the Philistine guards. They got some water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem. They took the water back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.

Job 32:18

I’m full of words. My spirit inside me forces me to speak.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Take me away with you. Let us hurry! King Solomon, bring me into your palace.” “King Solomon, you fill us with joy. You make us happy. We praise your love more than we praise wine.” “It is right for them to love you!

Isaiah 53:6

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.

Matthew 20:28

Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”

Luke 15:24

This son of mine was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and be glad. This brother of yours was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ ”

Luke 24:29

But they tried hard to keep him from leaving. They said, “Stay with us. It is nearly evening. The day is almost over.” 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! He takes away the sin of the world!

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if they die.

John 5:25

What I’m about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live.

Acts 18:5

Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia. Then Paul spent all his time preaching. He was a witness to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

Romans 2:2

We know that when God judges those who do evil things, he judges fairly.

Romans 5:15

God’s gift can’t be compared with Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man. But it was even more sure that God’s grace would also come through one man. That man is Jesus Christ. God’s gift of grace was more than enough for the whole world.

Romans 6:13

Don’t give any part of yourself to serve sin. Don’t let any part of yourself be used to do evil. Instead, give yourselves to God. You have been brought from death to life. So give every part of yourself to God to do what is right.

Romans 6:6

We know that what we used to be was nailed to the cross with him. That happened so our bodies that were ruled by sin would lose their power. So we are no longer slaves of sin.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on that person! Come, Lord!

1 Corinthians 2:14

The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The Law was written in letters on stone. Even though it was a way of serving God, it led to death. But even that way of serving God came with glory. The glory lasted for only a short time. Even so, the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face very long.

2 Corinthians 3:9

The law that condemns people to death had glory. How much more glory does the work of the Spirit have! His work makes people right with God.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. I don’t live any longer, but Christ lives in me. Now I live my life in my body by faith in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 6:24

May grace be given to everyone who loves our Lord Jesus Christ with a love that will never die.

Colossians 2:13

At one time you were dead in your sins. Your desires controlled by sin were not circumcised. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave us all our sins.

Colossians 3:3

You died. Now your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 Timothy 2:6

He gave himself to pay for the sins of all people. We have been told this message at just the right time.

1 Timothy 5:6

But a widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still living.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

Hebrews 2:9

But we do see Jesus already given a crown of glory and honor. He was made lower than the angels for a little while. He suffered death. By the grace of God, he tasted death for everyone. That is why he was given his crown.

Hebrews 6:10

God is fair. He will not forget what you have done. He will remember the love you have shown him. You showed it when you helped his people. And you show it when you keep on helping them.

1 Peter 1:8

Even though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him now, you believe in him. You are filled with a glorious joy that can’t be put into words.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are children of God. We know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.