Paul reasoned: “The love the Christ has compels us, because this is what we have judged, that one man died for all; so, then, all had died; and he died for all that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised up. ”
مسیحیان همچنین به عیسی برای محبتی که او به آنها نشان داده است محبت می‌ورزند .‏ پولس اینطور استدلال کرد :‏ « زیرا محبّت مسیح ما را فرو گرفته است ،‏ چونکه این را دریافتیم که یک نفر برای همه مرد پس همه مردند .‏