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2 Corinthians 5:16 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 5 · verse 16
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.2 Corinthians 5:16 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 5:16 in context
14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15And 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.
16Wherefore 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.
17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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Key words (Strong's)
- henceforthapoof separation, of local separation, after verbs of motion from a placeG575 →
- henceforthnynat this time, the present, nowG3568 →
- henceforthouketino longer, no more, no furtherG3765 →
- thoughei kaieven, if, althoughG1499 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
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In these verses the apostle mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to Christ, both of which are the consequences of Christ's dying for us; namely, regeneration and reconciliation. I. Regeneration, which consists of two things; namely, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21