2 Corinthians 5:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 5:17“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:6Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
- Ezekiel 37:9Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
- Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
- Zechariah 10:9Though I sow them among the nations,they will remember Me in distant lands;they and their childrenwill live and return.
- Luke 1:74deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
- Romans 6:2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Romans 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Romans 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:6The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
- Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- 1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
- Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- Galatians 5:25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
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