2 Corinthians 5:15

and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

Young's Literal 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 doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

16So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:6And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.

Ezekiel 37:14And I have given My Spirit in you, and ye have lived, And I have caused you to rest on your land, And ye have known that I Jehovah, I have spoken, and I have done [it], An affirmation of Jehovah.'

Zechariah 10:9And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

John 3:15that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

John 6:57'According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

Romans 6:6this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the 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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