2 Corinthians 5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we be besides ourselves ,.... As some took them to be, and as Festus thought the Apostle Paul was, because of the doctrines they preached, and the self-commendation they were obliged to enter into through the calumnies of their adversaries; in which they did not so much seek their own reputation, as the honour and glory of God, which was struck at through them: it is to God ; it is for his glory, and not our own, that we act this part, for which we are condemned as madmen. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ constraineth us ,.... Or "containeth us"; holds and keeps us in our station and duty, as soldiers are held and kept together under a banner, or ensign displayed; to which the church refers, when she says, "his banner over me was love", Song of Solomon 2:4 . Nothing more effectually keeps ministers, or other believers, in the work and service of their Lord, or more strongly obliges and constrains them to a cheerful discharge of their duty to him, and one another, than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:15

And that he died for all, that they which live ,.... The end of Christ's dying for men was that they might live; live, in a legal sense, live a life of justification; and that they which live in such a sense, should not henceforth live unto themselves : to their own lusts, and after their own wills, to either sinful self, or righteous self: but unto him which died for them, and rose again ; that is, for them, for their justification; for all those for whom Christ died, for them he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:16

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh ..... Since the death and resurrection of Christ, which has broken down the middle wall of partition, and has took away all distinction of men, we know, we esteem, we value no man on account of his carnal descent, and fleshy privileges, as being of the Jewish nation, a descendant of Abraham, and circumcised as he was; or on account of their outward state and condition, as being rich and honourable among men, or on account of their natural... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ ,.... There's a secret being in Christ from everlasting; so all that are loved by him, espoused unto him, chosen and preserved in him, to whom he was a covenant head, surety, and representative, are in him, united to him, and one with him; not in such sense as the Father is in him, and the human nature is in him, but as husband and wife, and head and members are one: and there is an open being in Christ at conversion, when a man believes in Christ, and gives... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:18

And all things are of God ,.... A man's being brought into a Gospel church state is of God; the causing all old things to pass away, whether in the Jewish or Gentile world, is of God; the shaking of the heavens and the earth, and the removing of those things that are shaken, the abrogation of the ceremonial law, the putting an end to all the Mosaic rites and sacrifices, the ejection of Satan out of the Heathen temples, and the abolition of Gentilism, with every thing else that comes under... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:19

To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself ,.... This expresses and explains the subject matter of the ministration of the Gospel, especially that part of it which concerns our reconciliation with God; and declares the scheme, the author, the subjects, the way, and means, and consequence of it. The phrase, "in Christ", may be either joined with the word "God", as in our version, "God was in Christ reconciling"; that is, he was in Christ drawing the scheme, fixing the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ ,.... Since God has made reconciliation by Christ, and the ministry of it is committed to us, we are ambassadors for him; we come with full powers from him, not to propose terms of peace, to treat with men about it, to offer it to them, but to publish and proclaim it as made by him: we represent him, and God who made it by him, as though God did beseech you by us ; to regard this embassy and message of peace, which we bring from him; to consider... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:21

For he hath made him to be sin for us ,.... Christ was made of a woman, took flesh of a sinful woman; though the flesh he took of her was not sinful, being sanctified by the Spirit of God, the former of Christ's human nature: however, he appeared "in the likeness of sinful flesh"; being attended with infirmities, the effects of sin, though sinless; and he was traduced by men as a sinner, and treated as such. Moreover, he was made a sacrifice for sin, in order to make expiation and atonement... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5

The apostle's strong hope of eternal glory, and earnest longings after that state of blessedness, 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 . The assurance that he had of it from the Holy Spirit, and his carefulness to be always found pleasing to the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:5-9 . All must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:10 . Knowing that this awful event must take place, he labored to convince men of the necessity of being prepared to meet the Lord, being influenced to this work by... read more

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