Should no longer live unto themselves (ina mhketi eautoiv zwsin). The high doctrine of Christ's atoning death carries a correspondingly high obligation on the part of those who live because of him. Selfishness is ruled out by our duty to live "unto him who for their sakes died and rose again."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 5:15:
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