2 Corinthians 5:17

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Chapter 15THE 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 His. In that death, as inclusive of ours, the old life died, and with it died all its distinctions. All that men were, apart from Christ, all that constituted the "appearance" (προσωπον, 2 Corinthians 5:12) of their life, all that marked them off from each other as such and such outwardly, ceased to have... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

6. Concerning the Future. The Ministry of Reconciliation. CHAPTER 5 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1-8 .) 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9-12 .) 3. The Constraint of Love. (2 Corinthians 5:13-16 .) 4. The Ministry of Reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:17-21 .) The certainty of the future things is brought more fully in view. The apostle had given the great doctrines concerning the resurrection of the body, the coming of the Lord and the blessed... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:17

5:17 {11} Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a {o} new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.(11) An exhortation for every man who is renewed with the Spirit of Christ to meditate on heavenly things, and not earthly.(o) As a thing made new by God, for though a man is not newly created when God gives him the spirit of regeneration, but only his qualities are changed, yet nonetheless it pleased the Holy Spirit to speak so, to teach us that we must... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

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 of course what is called the "earthen vessel" and "outward man" in chapter 4: that is, our physical body as it is today. There is no cause for alarm if it is dissolved, for it is only intended to be temporary. In fact, it is said (though we are not in present possession of it) that "We have a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

TRIAL OF PAUL ’S MINISTRY HIS SUFFERINGS (2 Corinthians 4:8-15 ) “Troubled,” “perplexed,” “persecuted,” “cast down” what a story! “Pressed on every side, yet not straitened,” not so hemmed in but that he could still proceed with his work; “perplexed, yet not in despair,” bewildered like a man going in a circle, put to it, yet not utterly put out; “pursued, yet not forsaken,” hunted like a wild animal, yet not abandoned to the foe; “smitten down, yet now destroyed,” thrown to the ground... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

Sustaining Truths 2 Corinthians 5:0 We need truths that can sustain us. Appearances are deceitful. Even in our most poetic moods, life is a struggle, a trial, a tragedy: even when we are in health we are not always just as well as we should like to be. There is a worm at the root of the flower: things do not fall squarely into place: we find in all the action of life a creaking and straining and groaning: nothing is harmonically complete. If that man were in another place the figure would be... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:17-19

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (19) To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. There is somewhat very blessed in what the Apostle hath here set down,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:17

If then any be in Christ, &c. The sense seems to be, if by believing in Christ we are become as it were new creatures, rescued by his grace and his Spirit, the old things are passed away, we must renounce all former carnal affections, all sin and all errors in which either Jews or Gentiles lived. --- Behold all things are made new: the New Testament succeeds to the Old, the law and doctrine of Christ to the law of Moses, the Christian Church to the Jewish Synagogue, truth and grace to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Though the same as a man, he is changed in his character and conduct. These words must and do mean more than an outward reformation. The man who formerly saw no beauty in the Saviour that he should desire him, now loves him above all... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-99

2Co 5 THERE IS NO real break between chapters 4 and 5, for he passes on to show that if our outward man does perish, and so our earthly tabernacle house be dissolved, we are to have a house of another order which shall be eternal. The thought of what is eternal links these verses together. Eternal things are brought within the sight of our faith. An eternal weight of glory awaits us. And we shall need a resurrection body, which shall be eternal, in order to sustain that eternal weight of... read more

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