Verse 15
15. That Omit, as unnecessarily supplied by the translators. And he died for all for this purpose, that those living through his death should consecrate life to him.
Live… live unto themselves Both lives signify one literal conscious life. As Christ bought our life by his death, so the life we live is rightfully his. And it was this St. Paul’s living a life that belonged to Christ, that subjected him to the charge of being beside himself, 2 Corinthians 5:13.
For them The preposition for does not necessarily in itself signify instead of; but it acquires that meaning, as it often does, from the context.
Christ’s death as the substitute for ours is the very reason why our life is rightfully his.
Rose again This does not, as Meyer argues, show that if Christ died as our substitute he rose as our substitute. Paul’s clear meaning is, Christ died in our stead, and rose again.
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