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.
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For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. …
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. …
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: …
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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.
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…
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