Should no longer live unto themselves (ινα μηκετ εαυτοις ζωσιν). The high doctrine of Christ's atoning death carries a correspondi…

And that He died for all, etc. This verse is designed to further explain the reasons for the apostle's conduct. He had not lived for himse…

Should not henceforth live unto themselves.—St. Paul was not writing a theological treatise, and the statement was accord…

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 the…

Why was a life of self-pleasing impossible for Paul? Because of the supreme example of his Lord in dying for all. “The love Christ showed for us co…

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 …

The apostle urges himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful complacency. Let all consid…

Having shown how the saints prepare for the reward of eternal glory by pleasing God, the Apostle now shows how they prepare for this by helping the…