John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 5:16

Verſe 16. No man after the fleſh] i. e. We eſteem no man ſimply the better or worſe for his wealth, poverty, honour, ignominy, or any thing outward. See jam. 1.9, 10, 11. Thomas Wats Martyr, ſpake thus at his death to his wife and children, Wife, and my good children, I muſt now depart from you,Act. and Mon. fol 1450. therefore henceforth know I you no more: but as the Lord hath given you to me, ſo I give you again to him, whom I charge you ſee that ye obey, &c.

Though we have known Christ] As poſſibly Paul might have known Chriſt in the fleſh: for Jeſus of Nazareth was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, Luk. 24. 19. Auſtin wiſhed that he might have ſeen three things, Rome flouriſhing, Paul preaching, Chriſt converſing with men upon earth. Bede comes after, and correcting this laſt wiſh, faith, yea but let me ſee the King in his beauty, Chriſt in his heavenly kingdome. Paul was ſo ſpiritualized that he took knowledge of nothing here below: he paſſed thorow the world as a man in a deep muſe, or that ſo looks for a loſt jewell, that he overlooks all beſides it.