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SoὭστεweἡμεῖςfromἀπὸnow onτοῦ νῦνknowοἴδαμενno oneοὐδέναaccording toκατὰthe flesh;σάρκαevenκαὶifεἰwe have knownἐγνώκαμενthe MessiahΧριστόνaccording toκατὰthe flesh,σάρκαyetἀλλὰnowνῦνwe no longerοὐκέτιknow him in that way.γινώσκομεν
2 Corinthians 5:16
Study it in the app“So we from now on know no one according to the flesh; even if we have known the Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him in that way.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 5:16, word by word
- SoὭστεHōste
so
Draws the conclusion from what has just been said.
Where else “Hōste” appears- knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “oidamen” appears- the fleshσάρκαsarka
mortal
Human beings, frail and mortal.
Where else “sarka” appears- we have knownἐγνώκαμενegnōkamen
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnōkamen” appears- the MessiahΧριστόνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears
The context
15and he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.
16 · This verse (above)
17So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.