Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 5:15

15 And that he died for all, that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again .

And he died for all those for whom he died, not only to redeem them from the guilt of sin, but also from their vain conversation; that they which live by his Grace, might not make themselves the end of their life, and live to serve themselves, and gratifie their own corrupt inclinations; but might make the service of Christ, the honour and glory of him who died for them, and also rose again from the dead, the end of their lives; arguing the reasonableness of an holy and Christian life, from the Love and End of Christ in dying for them; according to that, Rom. 14.7, 8. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether therefore we live, or die, we are the Lords. This is one way by which a Believer fetcheth strength from the Death of Christ to die unto sin, and from his Resurrection to live unto newness of life; he concluding, If Christ died, and rose again for him, that then he was once dead in trespasses and sins; and therefore he judgeth himself obliged, now that he is made spiritually alive, not to live to himself, to serve his own profit, honour, reputation, lusts, or passions, but to live in obedience to him, and to the honour and glory of him who died to redeem him from the guilt and power of sin, and rose again to quicken him to newness of life and conversation, to the honour and glory of his Redeemer.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 16.11, [illegible: 1 word] 20. [illegible: 1 word] 3.10. [illegible: 1 word] 4.2.