2 Corinthians 5:16
And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer.
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Numbers 10:30And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”
1 Samuel 2:29Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
Matthew 12:48But responding to the one speaking to him, he said, “Which one is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
John 2:4And Jesus said to her: “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet arrived.”
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.
Galatians 2:5We did not yield to them in subjection, even for an hour, in order that the truth of the Gospel would remain 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 →