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A New Value System
Commentators agree that “knowing no one after the flesh” means Christians should stop evaluating people by worldly standards. Factors like nationality, wealth, social rank, or even family connections are no longer the primary measure of a person's worth. Instead, believers are to see everyone through the lens of Christ's death for all, valuing them based on their spiritual state.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
18th Century
Theologian
Wherefore henceforth. This is in view of the fact that the Lord Jesus died for all people and rose again. The effect of that has been to c…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
Henceforth (απο του νυν). From the time that we gained this view of Christ's death for us.
After the flesh
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
19th Century
Bishop
Wherefore from now on we know no one after the flesh.—The logical dependence of this sentence on the preceding one lies i…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore, from now on, we know no one after the flesh: yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now, from now on, we know him no …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
Paul now introduces the first of two consequences of Christ’s death and his own living for Christ. Since his conversion (“from now on”), when he ga…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
16th Century
Theologian
Therefore we henceforth know no man. To know, here, is understood as meaning to reckon. “We do not judge according to ex…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 5:16
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh . &c.] Since the death and resurrection of Christ, which has broken d…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 5:16–21
17th Century
Minister
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 se…