2 Corinthians 5:15

and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

16Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we do so no longer.

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Cross References

John 3:15in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."

John 6:57As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

Romans 6:6This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of 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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