2 Corinthians 5:16
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
15 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Therefore we know no one according to the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
- ASV
- Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
- DARBY
- So 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.
- BLB
- Therefore, from now, we know no one according to the flesh. Even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him [thus] no longer.
- ÅB
- Derfor kjenner vi fra nå av ikke noen etter kjødet; har vi og kjent Kristus etter kjødet, så kjenner vi ham dog nå ikke lenger slik.
- OTB
- Derfor betrakter vi fra nå av ingen etter kjødet; selv om vi har kjent Kristus etter kjødet, kjenner vi Ham nå ikke lenger på denne måten.
- B1930
- Derfor kjenner vi fra nu av ikke nogen efter kjødet; har vi og kjent Kristus efter kjødet, så kjenner vi ham dog nu ikke lenger således.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–8
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextJohn 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Read in contextJames 2:1–4
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
Read in contextJames 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
Read in contextGalatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
Read in contextJohn 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:21–22
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
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