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2Co 5:15. Κρίναντας, judging) with a most true judgment. Love and judgment are not opposed to each other in spiritual men.-ὑπὲρ πάντων, for all) for the dead and living.-ἄρα οἱ πάντες, then these all) Hence the full force of the ὑπὲρ, for and the utmost extent of the mystery is disclosed; not only is it just the same as if all had died, but all are dead; neither death, nor any other enemy, nor they themselves have power over themselves: they are entirely at the disposal and control of the Redeemer.-οἱ has a force relative to πάντων, for all. An apt universality. The teachers urge; and the learners are urged, because Christ died for both.-ἀπέθανον, are dead) and so now no longer do they regard themselves. The generous lovers of the Redeemer apply that principally to themselves, which belongs to all. Their death was brought to pass in the death of Christ.-καὶ, and) this word also depends on ὅτι, because. First, the words, one, and, for all, correspond; in the next place, died, and, that they should live.-οἱ ζῶντες, they that live) in the flesh.-ἀλλὰ, but) namely, that they should live, viz., in faith and a newly acquired vigour, Gal 2:20.-τῷ) he does not say, ὑπὲρ τοῦ. It is the dative of advantage, as they call it; ὑπὲρ, denotes something more than this.-καὶ ἐγερθέντι, and rose again) Here we do not supply, for them; for it is not consonant with the phraseology of the apostle; but there is something analogous to be supplied, for example, [“that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living”] from Rom 14:9.