Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 2 Corinthians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:14 JFB -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:14 PNT -> Commentary on 5:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:14 TSK -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Entry for 5:14 WEN -> Notes on 5:14 NTB -> Death; Depravity Of Man; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Love; Minister, Christian; Suffering; Unselfishness; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Holiness; Love of Christ, The; Love to Christ; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Selfishness UTM -> Devotional using 5:14 SPG -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 5:14 - [In Context] Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. F13 Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live. F14
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:15 JFB -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:15 PNT -> Commentary on 5:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:15 TSK -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Entry for 5:15 WEN -> Notes on 5:15 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Love; Obligation; Perseverance; Selfishness; Suffering; Unselfishness TTT -> Atonement, The; Christ is God; Conduct, Christian; Devotedness to God; Holiness; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Selfishness TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 5:15 - [In Context] He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:16 JFB -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:16 PNT -> Commentary on 5:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:16 TSK -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Entry for 5:16 WEN -> Notes on 5:16 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ 5:16 - [In Context] So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 PNT -> Commentary on 5:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:17 TSK -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Entry for 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Character; Creature; Jesus, The Christ; Regeneration; Righteous; Salvation TTT -> Character of Saints; Creation; New Birth, The; Repentance; Reward of Saints, The; Union With Christ EBD -> Regeneration; Sin UTM -> Devotional using 5:17 UTM -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 5:17 - [In Context] What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!
FOOTNOTES: F13: Or urges us on. F14: Greek Since one died on behalf of all, then all died.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.