2 Corinthians 5:15
◄  2 Corinthians 5:15  ►
New International Version (©2011)
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He died for all people, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose for them.

NET Bible (©2006)
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And he died in the place of every person, that those who live would not live for themselves, but for The One who died for their persons and arose.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He died for all people so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the man who died and was brought back to life for them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.

American King James Version
And that he died for all, that they which live should not from now on live to themselves, but to him which died for them, and rose again.

American Standard Version
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Christ died for all; that they also who live, may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.

Darby Bible Translation
and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.

English Revised Version
and he died for all, that they which live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Webster's Bible Translation
And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.

Weymouth New Testament
and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

World English Bible
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Young's Literal Translation
and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The terror of the Lord. Knowing what terrible vengeance the Lord would execute upon the workers of iniquity, the apostle and his brethren used every argument and persuasion, to lead men to believe in the Lord Jesus, and to act as his disciples. Their zeal and diligence were for the glory of God and the good of the church. Christ's love to us will have a like effect upon us, if duly considered and rightly judged. All were lost and undone, dead and ruined, slaves to sin, having no power to deliver themselves, and must have remained thus miserable for ever, if Christ had not died. We should not make ourselves, but Christ, the end of our living and actions. A Christian's life should be devoted to Christ. Alas, how many show the worthlessness of their professed faith and love, by living to themselves and to the world!

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - Unto themselves. That they should live no longer the psychic, i.e. the animal, selfish, egotistic life, but to their risen Saviour (Romans 14:7-9; 1 Corinthians 6:19).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a legal sense, live a life of justification; and that they which live in such a sense,

should not henceforth live unto themselves: to their own lusts, and after their own wills, to either sinful self, or righteous self:

but unto him which died for them, and rose again; that is, for them, for their justification; for all those for whom Christ died, for them he rose again; and who were justified, acquitted, and discharged when he was; which cannot be said of all mankind; and which is an obligation on such persons to live to Christ, to ascribe the whole of their salvation to him, and to make his glory the end of all their actions. Some copies read, "which died for them all".

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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 their Lord (Ro 14:7-9). Ellicott and Alford join "for them" with both "died" and "rose again"; as Christ's death is our death, so His resurrection is our resurrection; Greek, "Who for them died and rose again."

not henceforth—Greek, "no longer"; namely, now that His death for them has taken place, and that they know that His death saves them from death eternal, and His resurrection life brings spiritual and everlasting life to them.

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We are Christ's Ambassadors
…14For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15And that he died for all, that they which live should not from now on live to themselves, but to him which died for them, and rose again. 16Why from now on know we no man after the flesh: yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now from now on know we him no more. …

Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Romans 14:7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.