2 Corinthians 5:15-17 Inner Renewal and New Life Today

Read 2 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:15-17

Biblical Context

Jesus died for all so that the living should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died and rose for them. In Christ, we become a new creature; the old things pass away and all things become new.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the passage as a turning of your own mind. The death and resurrection of Christ are inner movements, not distant events, shifting the center of awareness from self-interest to the I AM that loves you and dwells within. Henceforth you do not know yourself by the flesh; you do not measure others by appearances, for in Christ the true nature is revealed. You are a new creature, not by striving but by willing imagination to accept the inward change. The old thoughts, habits, and identifications fall away as you accept the fact that you are already complete in spirit; your past is only a shadow that dissolves when you hold the present I AM as your reality. The resurrection is the daily practice of revising your sense of self, of treating every moment as already settled in consciousness. Begin and end with the conviction that the inner kingdom is real, and the outer world will align with that truth. You live for the I AM, and therefore all things become new in your experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling that you have died to the old self and now live unto the I AM. See yourself as a new creature in Christ and let that image settle into your daily self-talk.