What kept Paul going despite all the opposition?
The love of Christ constrained and drove Paul forward despite relentless opposition. Even while suffering physically and constantly defending his apostleship against Jewish opponents from Jerusalem who considered him an imposter, one reason alone kept driving him: the love of Christ.
Les explains that Paul suffered inexorably for the sake of the Gospel and had to constantly defend his apostleship against Jewish people from Jerusalem who thought he was a false teacher and imposter. In spite of all that opposition, Les says only one thing kept driving the man on: the love of Christ. Les also notes Paul’s background as a religious zealot under Judaism and as a Pharisee. God totally transformed and saved him by grace, yet that personality kept going, now turning all that energy not to defeat the name of Christ but out of love for Him. The love of Christ constrained, or drove, him, because he concluded that if one died for the whole human race, then all were dead.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: