2 Corinthians 5:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:17

Finally Naaman said, “If you won't accept a gift, then please let me take home as much soil as two mules can pull in a wagon. Sir, from now on I will offer sacrifices only to the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:6

I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die.

Ezekiel 37:14

My Spirit will give you breath, and you will live again. I will bring you home, and you will know that I have kept my promise. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Ezekiel 37:9

The LORD said: Ezekiel, now say to the wind, “The LORD God commands you to blow from every direction and to breathe life into these dead bodies, so they can live again.”

Habakkuk 2:4

“I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.”

Zechariah 10:9

Although I scattered my people in distant countries, they won't forget me. Once their children are raised, they will return—

Luke 1:74

that he would rescue us from our enemies. Then we could serve him without fear,

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

John 6:57

The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me.

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Romans 4:25

God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.

Romans 6:2

No, we should not! If we are dead to sin, how can we go on sinning?

Romans 6:6

We know that the persons we used to be were nailed to the cross with Jesus. This was done, so that our sinful bodies would no longer be the slaves of sin.

Romans 8:10

But Christ lives in you. So you are alive because God has accepted you, even though your bodies must die because of your sins.

Romans 8:2

The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death.

Romans 8:6

If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace.

1 Corinthians 10:33

I always try to please others instead of myself, in the hope that many of them will be saved.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or ill-treated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He makes us worthy to be the servants of his new agreement that comes from the Holy Spirit and not from a written Law. After all, the Law brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

2 Corinthians 5:16

We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in that way.

Galatians 5:25

God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:17

As a follower of the Lord, I order you to stop living like stupid, godless people.

Ephesians 5:14

Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, “Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you.”

Colossians 2:12

And when you were baptized, it was the same as being buried with Christ. Then you were raised to life because you had faith in the power of God, who raised Christ from death.

Colossians 3:1

You have been raised to life with Christ. Now set your heart on what is in heaven, where Christ rules at God's right side.

Colossians 3:17

Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.

Colossians 3:23

Do your work willingly, as though you were serving the Lord himself, and not just your earthly master.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Christ died for us, so that we could live with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

1 Peter 4:6

The good news has even been preached to the dead, so that after they have been judged for what they have done in this life, their spirits will live with God.

1 John 4:9

God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, but now I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.