2 Corinthians 5:15

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.

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 if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be of service to you.

14 For 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,

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.

16 Therefore 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.

17 So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.