2 Corinthians 5:16 — Meaning and Application

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“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

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For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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.

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.

Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is} a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}

And 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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2 Corinthians 5:1

"For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

2 Corinthians 5:2

"For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:"

2 Corinthians 5:3

"If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked."

2 Corinthians 5:4

"For we that are in {this} tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."

2 Corinthians 5:5

"Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit."

2 Corinthians 5:6

"Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:"

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