Gary Hampton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 5:21
Verse 21 The strength of Paul's plea lay in the fact that God loved us enough to send a sinless Son to die for sinful man.
Verse 21 The strength of Paul's plea lay in the fact that God loved us enough to send a sinless Son to die for sinful man.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:21. _FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US_] Τον μη γνοντα ἁμαρτιαν, ὑπερ ἡμων ἁμαρτιαν εποιησεν· _He made him who_ _knew no sin_, (who was innocent,) _a sin-offering for us...
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US - The Greek here is, ‘for him who knew no sin, he hath made sin, or a sin-offering for us.’ The design of this very important verse is, to urge the strongest poss...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
2 Corinthians 5:20 to 2 Corinthians 6:10. Paul proceeds to expound and apply the relationship between himself and his converts based upon this ministry. He acts in Christ's stead when he beseeches men...
So then we are acting as ambassadors on Christ's behalf, for God is sending you his invitation through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made him who had no acquaintance...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
FOR. Omit. HE, &c. Read, Him Who knew not sin, for us He made sin. SIN. App-128. Only here and 2 Corinthians 11:7, in this Epistle. The first occurance in this verse is by Figure of speech _Metonymy_...
The Christian Ministry one of Reconciliation 11. _the terror of the Lord_ i.e. "His to-be-dreaded judgment." Beza. This translation is due to the Geneva Version, following Beza and Calvin (Wiclif, _d...
_For he hath made him to be sin for us_ Literally, HE MADE, i.e. in the Sacrifice on the Cross. The word _sin_has been variously explained as a _sin-offering_, a _sinner_, and so on. But it is best to...
20, 21. He sets forth his work as an ambassador from God. See Lightfoot’s _Ordination Addresses_, pp. 47 ff....
ΤΌΝ (אBCDFG, Latt. Copt.) rather than τὸν γάρ (א3D3KLP, Syrr. Arm. Aeth.). The γάρ might be inserted to avoid abruptness. ΓΕΝΏΜΕΘΑ (אBCDEBLP) rather than γινώμεθα (cursives). 21. ΤῸΝ ΜῊ ΓΝΌΝΤΑ ἉΜΑΡΤΊ...
_A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-21:_ Regeneration and reconciliation are both necessary if we are to be with God in heaven. Both regeneration and reconciliation are in Christ and by Chris...
ΓΝΌΝΤΑ _aor. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Обозначает знание, приобретенное на основании опыта (D. W. Burdick, ND, 344ff). Part, может быть использовано в уступительном значении: "хоть он и не...
DISCOURSE: 2023 THE WAY OF RECONCILIATION WITH GOD 2 Corinthians 5:21. _For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him_. A MORE importan...
MADE TO BE SIN, &C.— _"A sin-offering_ for us, that, by the sacrifice of himself, he might expiate the guilt of our transgressions, and that so we might be made accepted in him, and furnished with a p...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Fallibility of the Human Spirit (2 Corinthians 5:16-21) 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Ministry of Reconciliation Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 5:18-21. But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconci...
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. FOR. So C. Omitted in 'Aleph (') B Delta G f g, Vulgate. The grand reason why they sho...
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
MADE HIM _to be_ SIN FOR US] Christ had to bear not the guilt, but the burden of sin. He bore its penalty not as a punishment, but as the innocent suffers for the guilty; feeling all its shame and hor...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN. — The “for” is omitted in many of the best MSS., but there is clearly a sequence of thought such as it expresses. The Greek order of the words i...
CHAPTER 16 RECONCILIATION. 2 Corinthians 5:18 (R.V) "IF any man be in Christ," Paul has said, "there is a new creation; he is another man and lives in another world. But the new creation has the sam...
The very purpose of the Atonement was that men should turn from sin. τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν κ. τ. λ.: _Him who knew no sin_ (observe μὴ rather than οὐ, as it is not so much the bare fact of Christ's s...
to 2 Corinthians 6:3. AS CHRIST'S AMBASSADOR HE ENTREATS THE CORINTHIANS TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD....
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1 On God's side the work of reconciliation is complete. Everything has been done and is in readiness to make forgiveness and justifying righ...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
For he hath made him [to be] (q) sin for us, who (r) knew no sin; that we might be made the (s) righteousness of God in him. (q) A sinner, not in himself, but by imputation of the guilt of all our si...
Him (Christ) who knew no sin, (who had never sinned, nor was capable of sinning) he (God) hath made [4] sin for us. I had translated, with some French translators, he hath made a sacrifice for sin, as...
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Volumes might be written, on this most blessed verse of Scripture: and when all the power...
_‘SUBSTITUTION’_ ‘For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.’ 2 Corinthians 5:21 I cannot understand the mind of that man who can...
21._Him who knew no sin. _Do you observe, that, according to Paul, there is no return to favor with God, except what is founded on the sacrifice of Christ alone? Let us learn, therefore, to turn our v...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US,.... Christ was made of a woman, took flesh of a sinful woman; though the flesh he took of her was not sinful, being sanctified by the Spirit of God, the former o...
For he hath made him _to be_ sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Ver. 21. _To be sin for us_] That is, a sin offering, or an exceeding sinner, as Exodu...
_For he made him, who knew no sin_ A commendation peculiar to Christ; _to be sin_ Or _a sin-offering_ rather, (as the expression often signifies both in the Old Testament and the New;) _for us_ Who kn...
TO BE SIN; suffer to make atonement for it. BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD; for Christ's sake accepted, and treated as righteous, through faith in him. In giving his Son to die for his enemies, and...
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US WHO KNEW NO SIN, THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. So completely has Paul entered into the spirit of Christ's vicarious work that he wants to...
The ministry of reconciliation:...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is t...
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN: Christ _knew no sin, _ as he was guilty of no sin; _Which of you_ (saith he, 1 THESSALONIANS 8:46) _convinceth me of sin?_ 1 PETER 2:22, He _did...
Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. [Wherefore, I have no choice in the matter, but must meet enmity with persuasion and an effor...
Origen Against Celsus Book I For it is distinctly clear to us that "He did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth; and as one who knew no sin,"[138] Origen Against Celsus Book IV nor from "vi...
2 Corinthians 5:21 For G1063 made G4160 (G5656) who G3588 knew G1097 (G5631) no G3361 sin G266 sin...
GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
‘Him who knew no sin he made sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.' And finally he gives the full basis of that reconciliation. It is because the perfect One, the si...
2 Corinthians 5:21. HIM [1] WHO KNEW NO sin HE MADE TO BE SIN ON OUR BEHALF, [2] THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. This is the most systematic, the most comprehensive, and the most...
HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN (τον μη γνοντα αμαρτιαν). Definite claim by Paul that Jesus did not commit sin, had no personal acquaintance (μη γνοντα, second aorist active participle of γινωσκω) with it. Jesu...
SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _ RIGHTEOUS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 5:21). _...
2 Corinthians 5:21 The Sinless made Sin and the Sinful made Righteous. I. Jesus Christ was personally sinless. II. As the voluntary representative of sinful men, Jesus Christ was through a limited...
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
CHRIST WAS WITHOUT SIN. The sinlessness of Jesus is affirmed throughout the New Testament. Christ therefore satisfied the righteous demands of the Law. GOD MADE HIM SHARE OUR SIN. _MacKnight_ understa...
_And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ._ HIGH DOCTRINE Whatsoever the Christian can desire is to be found in the “all things.” But lest even that should not be...
_For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin _ CHRIST BEING MADE SIN, FOR US In every age of the world mankind seem to have been conscious to themselves of guilt. Now guilt is universally...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 This verse is one of the most important in all of Scripture for understanding the meaning of the atonement and justification. The one WHO KNEW NO SIN is Jesus...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_Him who knew no sin._ Experimentally, says S. Thomas, Christ knew no sin, though by simple knowledge He did, for He did no sin. _Hath made Him to be sin for us._ For us, says Illyricus, who were sin;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 3:5; 1 Peter 2:22;...
For. Omit. It is a later addition, in order to soften the abruptness of the following clauses. Made to be sin [α μ α ρ τ ι α ν ε π ο ι η σ ε ν]. Compare a curse, Galatians 3:13. Not a sin - offering,...
He made him a sin offering, who knew no sin — A commendation peculiar to Christ. For us — Who knew no righteousness, who were inwardly and outwardly nothing but sin; who must have been consumed by the...
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? PROBLEM: Paul asserts here that Jesus was “made to be sin.” However, many other Scriptures insist that Jesus was “without sin” (Hebrews 4:15; cf. 1 Pe...
Observe here, 1. The spotless innocency of our Lord Jesus Christ, as mediator, declared: HE KNEW NO SIN; that is, practically and experimentally, he knew it not so as to commit it in the least degree;...