2 Corinthians 5:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

2 Corinthians 5:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 14:7-9
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. …
1 Peter 4:2-4
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. …
1 Peter 1:14-15
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: …
Colossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-15)

Here observe, I. The apostle makes an apology for seeming to commend himself and his fellow-labourers (2 Cor. 5:13), and tells them, 1. It was not to commend themselves, nor for their own sakes, that he had spoken of their fidelity and diligence in the 2 Cor. 5:1-11; nor was he willing to suspect their good opinion of him. But, 2. The true reason was this, to put an argument in their mouths wherew…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. they which live--in the present life (2Co 4:11, “we which live”) [Alford]; or, they who are thus indebted to Him for life of soul as well as body [Menochius]. died for them--He does not add, “rose again for them,” a phrase not found in Paul’s language [Bengel]. He died in their stead, He arose again for their good, “for (the effecting of) their justification” (Ro 4:25), and that He might be th…