2 Corinthians 5:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. ”

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore henceforth - In view of the fact that the Lord Jesus died for all people, and rose again. The effect of that has been to change all our feelings, and to give us entirely new views of pe...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: (10) yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more. (9) He shows what it is not to live to ourse...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11 . Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

henceforth . from (Greek. apo) now. no man . no one. after . App-104. yea, though = even if (App-118.2, a). have known, know . App-132. henceforth... no more . no longer ( ouketi) .
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Therefore we henceforth know no man. To know, here, is taken as meaning to reckon. “We do not judge according to external appearance, so as to reckon that man to be the most illust...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Know we no man after the flesh - As we know that all h...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Henceforth know we no man, &c.— "From this time we have no longer any partial regard to the Jew more than to the Gentile, on account of the descent of the former. We do not now esteem any one f...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Wherefore - because of our settled judgment ( 2...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual i...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh. — The logical dependence of this sentence on the foregoing lies in the suppressed premise, that in living not to ourselves, but to Christ, we ga...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE NEW WORLD. 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 (R.V) THE inferences which are here drawn depend upon what has just been said of Christ's death for all, and the death of all in that death of H...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Constrained by the Love of Christ 2 Corinthians 5:11-19 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived o...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Ma...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. (13) For whether...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh ..... Since the death and resurrection of Christ, which has broken down the middle wall of partition, and has took away all distinction of men, we...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Ver. 16. No man after the flesh ] i.e. We esteem...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore henceforth So that from this time that we knew the love of Christ; know we no man Neither ourselves nor you, neither the rest of the apostles, ( Galatians 2:6 ,) nor any other person;...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is o...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministry of the Apostles. A. D. 57. 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: words of sense in Scripture ordinarily signify more than the act of that sense which they express; particularly this term know ordinarily sign...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Ministry of Reconciliation ( 2 Corinthians 5:11 to 2 Corinthians 6:2 ). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 5:1 .—Flow of thought quite continuous from 2 Corinthians 4:18 . For ( 2 Corinthians 4:15 ).… For (17).… For ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ).… For (2).… For...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Is not this grand courage on the par...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:1 . We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens. The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

For we commend not ourselves again unto you. Paul’s self-commendation 1. St. Paul has been magnifying his ministry. It had been, he says, a ministry of the Spirit, not of the letter ( 2 Corinth...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-47 ). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation ( 2 Cor...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh; yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more.
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:29 ; 1 Timothy 5:21 ; 1 Timothy 5:22 ; Colossians 3:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:9 ; Galatians 2:5 ; Galatians 2:6 ; Galatians 5:6 ; James 2:1-4 ; James 3:17 ; John 15:14 ; John 2:4 ;...
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So that we from this time — That we knew the love of Christ. Know no one — Neither ourselves, nor you, neither the rest of the apostles, Galatians 2:6 , nor any other person. After the flesh — Acc...

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes