2 Corinthians 5:16

And therefore, we know no person after the flesh: and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know him no more.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again.

17Whoever therefore is in the Messiah, is a new creature: old things have passed away;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:48But he replied, and said to him that informed him: Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

John 2:4Jesus said to her: What is in common to me and thee? Not yet hath my hour come.

John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command you.

Galatians 2:5not for the space of an hour, did we throw ourselves into subjection to them; so that the truth of the gospel might 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 →

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