2 Corinthians 5:15

15 and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.

2 Corinthians 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:15

And that he died for all, that they which live
The end of Christ's dying for men was that they might live; live, in a legal sense, live a life of justification; and that they which live in such a sense,

should not henceforth live unto themselves:
to their own lusts, and after their own wills, to either sinful self, or righteous self:

but unto him which died for them, and rose again;
that is, for them, for their justification; for all those for whom Christ died, for them he rose again; and who were justified, acquitted, and discharged when he was; which cannot be said of all mankind; and which is an obligation on such persons to live to Christ, to ascribe the whole of their salvation to him, and to make his glory the end of all their actions. Some copies read, "which died for them all".

2 Corinthians 5:15 In-Context

13 For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.

14 For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

15 and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.

16 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.

17 So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:

Footnotes

• [a]. 'For them' may apply to both 'died' and 'been raised,' but I think 'raised' is supplementary and by itself.