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2 Corinthians

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For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that One has died for all, therefore all have died.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
love Love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plural: love-feasts. N-NFS H26 ἀγάπη agapē
- The, the definite article. N-GMS H5547 Χριστοῦ christou
compels (a) to press together, close, (b) to press on every side, confine, (c) to hold fast, (d) to urge, impel, (e) pass: to be afflicted with (sickness). V-PIA-3S H4912 συνέχει sunechei
having concluded (a) to judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) to decide, to think (it) good. V-APA-AMP H2919 κρίναντας krinantas
this, This; he, she, it. DPro-ANS H3778    
One One. Adj-NMS H1520 εἷς eis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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has died To be dying, to be about to die, wither, decay. V-AIA-3P H599 ἀπέθανεν apethanen
all, All, the whole, every kind of. Adj-NMP H3956 πάντων pantōn
therefore Then, therefore, since. Conj H686 ἄρα ara
all All, the whole, every kind of. Adj-NMP H3956 πάντες pantes
have died. To be dying, to be about to die, wither, decay. V-AIA-3P H599 ἀπέθανον apethanon

Parallel Verses

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Berean Bible For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that One has died for all, therefore all have died.
King James Bible For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, constraineth us; because we thus judge, that One has if one died for all, therefore then were all have died.dead:
Hebrew Greek English For the love of Christ compels controls us, having concluded this, that One has one died for all, therefore all have died.died;
New American Standard Bible 1995 For the love of Christ compels controls us, having concluded this, that One has one died for all, therefore all have died.died;