2 Corinthians 5:15

and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

In Context

14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

16So that *we* henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know [him thus] no longer.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:6And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

Ezekiel 37:14And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done [it], saith Jehovah.

Zechariah 10:9And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.

John 3:15that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.

John 6:57As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.

Romans 6:6knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

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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