2 Corinthians 5:15
“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.”
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
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 they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
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.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.”
“That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.”
“As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:”
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”