2 Corinthians 5:16

So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

In Context

15And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.

17So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:30And he said to him, I will not go, but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

1 Samuel 2:29Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?

Matthew 12:48But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?

John 2:4And Jesus says to her, What is with me and with thee, woman? My hour is not yet here.

John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do as many things as I command you.

Galatians 2:5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, so that the truth of the good-news might continue with you.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:13-16

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live… Read the whole commentary →

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