11Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
12We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.
13For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.
14For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
15And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
16For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
17So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
