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2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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ASV

Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

KJV

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.

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ὭστεHōsteThereforeG5620 →
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165 →
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νῦνnunnowG3568 →
οὐδέναoudenano [one]G3762 →
οἴδαμενoidamenknow
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
σάρκα·sarka[the] flesh;G4561 →
εἰeiIfG1487 →
καὶkaievenG2532 →
ἐγνώκαμενegnōkamenwe have regardedG1097 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
σάρκαsarkafleshG4561 →
Χριστόν,ChristonChrist,G5547 →
ἀλλὰallayetG235 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
οὐκέτιouketino longerG3756 →G2089 →
γινώσκομεν.ginōskomenwe regard [Him thus].G1097 →

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2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.2 Corinthians 5:15And 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.John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.Philippians 3:7–8But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,James 2:1–4My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.Philippians 3:13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.Mark 3:33But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”1 Timothy 5:21–22I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.Mark 1:20Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.2 Chronicles 26:18They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

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