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2 Corinthians 5:16
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.
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.
Verse 16. _KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH_] As we know that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; and as we know that all are alienated from God, and are dead in trespasses and sins; the...
WHEREFORE HENCEFORTH - In view of the fact that the Lord Jesus died for all people, and rose again. The effect of that has been to change all our feelings, and to give us entirely new views of people,...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11. Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets ro...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
So then, it is because we know the fear of the Lord that we keep on trying to persuade men, but to God we are already known through and through, and I hope that in your conscience, too, we will come t...
HENCEFORTH. from (Greek. _apo)_ now. NO MAN. no one. AFTER. App-104. YEA, THOUGH = even if (App-118.2, a). HAVE KNOWN, KNOW. App-132. HENCEFORTH... NO MORE. no longer (_ouketi)_....
_Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh_ i.e. we regard no man from a purely fleshly point of view (see note on ch. 2 Corinthians 1:17), but look upon him as endowed with a new vital prin...
The Christian Ministry one of Reconciliation 11. _the terror of the Lord_ i.e. "His to-be-dreaded judgment." Beza. This translation is due to the Geneva Version, following Beza and Calvin (Wiclif, _d...
ΕἸ ΚΑΊ (אBD, Arm.) rather than καὶ εἰ (FG, Latt.) or εἰ δὲ καί (א3C2D2D3LP). 16. Against all external evidence this verse has been suspected of being a subsequent insertion, made either by the Apostle...
_A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-21:_ Regeneration and reconciliation are both necessary if we are to be with God in heaven. Both regeneration and reconciliation are in Christ and by Chris...
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HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN, &C.— "From this time we have no longer any partial regard to the Jew more than to the Gentile, on account of the descent of the former. We do not now esteem any one for the...
_APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_ Motivating Forces Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manife...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Fallibility of the Human Spirit (2 Corinthians 5:16-21) 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from...
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. WHEREFORE - because of our settled judgment (2 Corint...
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
5:16 know (e-5) known (e-16) know (e-24) Here the first 'know' is 'conscious,' the second and third are objective. see Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
AFTER THE FLESH] i.e. have regard to what is outward rather than to what is inward, to circumstances and position rather than to character and personality. KNOWN CHRIST AFTER THE FLESH] St. Paul once...
PARAPHRASE. 'Since, therefore, it is holiness alone that is of importance, we, unlike our opponents, pay no attention to men's outward appearance and circumstances; even in the case of Christ, though...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
WHEREFORE HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH. — The logical dependence of this sentence on the foregoing lies in the suppressed premise, that in living not to ourselves, but to Christ, we gain...
CHAPTER 15 THE NEW WORLD. 2 Corinthians 5:16 (R.V) THE inferences which are here drawn depend upon what has just been said of Christ's death for all, and the death of all in that death of His. In th...
ὥστε ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν κ. τ. λ.: _so that, sc._, because of our conviction, that we should not live unto ourselves but unto Christ (2 Corinthians 5:15), _we, sc._, Paul as contrasted with his opponent...
IT IS NOT THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST IN HIS EARTHLY LIFE, BUT THE LOVE WHICH CHRIST HAS FOR MAN THAT IS THE CONSTRAINING POWER OF PAUL'S PREACHING....
CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:11 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived or died, w...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
VERSE 16 After his conversion, Paul did not judge men in light of worldly thinking. This was true even thought Paul had judged Christ by that standard before his conversion. This verse might especiall...
(9) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: (10) yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more. (9) He shows what it is not to live to ourselv...
Wherefore, henceforth we know no man according to the flesh; i.e. having our thoughts and hearts fixed upon Christ, as he is risen, and has prepared for us an immortal life, we know not, i.e. we do no...
(12) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. (13) For whether w...
16._Therefore we henceforth know no man. _To _know, _here, is taken as meaning to _reckon. _“We do not judge according to external appearance, so as to reckon that man to be the most illustrious who s...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
WHEREFORE HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH..... Since the death and resurrection of Christ, which has broken down the middle wall of partition, and has took away all distinction of men, we kn...
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. Ver. 16. _No man after the flesh_] _i.e._ We esteem no...
_Wherefore henceforth_ So that from this time that we knew the love of Christ; _know we no man_ Neither ourselves nor you, neither the rest of the apostles, (Galatians 2:6,) nor any other person; _aft...
KNOW WE NO MAN; we do not regard men's outward condition or connections. WE HAVE KNOWN CHRIST; as a Jew belonging to our nation, and expected great temporal favors from him. But now we regard him as...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is t...
WHEREFORE HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH: words of sense in Scripture ordinarily signify more than the act of that sense which they express; particularly this term KNOW ordinarily signifiet...
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....
Origen de Principiis Book II And the pledge of this truth being already received through the Holy Spirit, the apostle said, "Yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know...
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GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
‘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.' The result of recognising what Christ has done for us in dying...
2 Corinthians 5:16. WHEREFORE HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH: ‘Our old principles of judgment are at an end; we now look on persons and things alike in a quite new light;' EVEN THOUGH WE HA...
HENCEFORTH (απο του νυν). From the time that we gained this view of Christ's death for us.AFTER THE FLESH (κατα σαρκα). According to the flesh, the fleshy way of looking at men. He, of course, kno...
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
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._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
NO LONGER, THEN. Christians do not _create distinctions_ (James 2:1-4). EVEN IF. Before Paul became a Christian, he did look at Jesus from a human point of view. He could see no value in the _cross._...
_For we commend not ourselves again unto you._ PAUL’S SELF-COMMENDATION 1. St. Paul has been magnifying his ministry. It had been, he says, a ministry of the Spirit, not of the letter (2 Corinthians...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16 REGARD NO ONE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, that is, according to worldly standards and values which claim that one’s present physical life is all that matters. Befo...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh._ Because the love of Christ for us is so great, and constrains us, therefore we regard carnal things, that is things external and temporal, such a...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Timothy 5:21; 1 Timothy 5:22; Colossians 3:11;...
After the flesh [κ α τ α σ α ρ κ α]. "He who knows no man after the flesh, has, for example, in the case of the Jew, entirely lost sight of his Jewish origin; in that of the rich man, of his riches; i...
So that we from this time — That we knew the love of Christ. Know no one — Neither ourselves, nor you, neither the rest of the apostles, Galatians 2:6, nor any other person. After the flesh — Accordin...
These words probably were spoken by the apostle to rebuke the carnal boastings of some Jews, who gloried in their having seen Christ in the flesh before he died; the apostle directs them to. more spir...