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2 Corinthians 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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 5:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Corinthians 5:1619 words
GreekMeaning
ὭστεHōste
ThereforewordG5620
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
we ourselvespronounG1473
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
νῦνnyn
nowadverbG3568
οὐδέναoudena
no oneadjectiveG3762
οἴδαμενoidamen
knowverbG6063
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
σάρκαsarka
the fleshnounG4561
εἰei
IfwordG1487
καὶkai
evenadverbG2532
ἐγνώκαμενegnōkamen
we have regardedverbG1097
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
σάρκαsarka
fleshnounG4561
ΧριστόνChriston
ChristnounG5547
ἀλλὰalla
yetwordG235
νῦνnyn
nowadverbG3568
οὐκέτιouketi
no longeradverbG3765
γινώσκομενginōskomen
we regard Him thusverbG1097
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:16

“Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh.” For if all died and all rose again; and in such sort died as the tyranny of sin condemned them; but rose again “through the laver of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost;” Titus 3:5 he says with reason, “we know none” of the faithful “after the flesh.” For what if even they be in the flesh? Yet is that fleshly life destroyed, and we are born again by the Spirit, and have learned another deportment and rule and…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 11 on Second Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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