2 Corinthians 5:15-16 says, “And [Jesus] died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again. Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.”

The apostle Paul approaches what we see in 2 Corinthians 5 on the heels of verse 18 of the previous chapter. After discussing God’s great power in ministry and how he lives and conducts his ministry by faith, he talks about the inevitable affliction that service to Christ brings on him from the world. But he calls it light affliction as he compares the sufferings to the exceeding and eternal weight of glory promised to Him by the Lord (v. 17).

So verse 18 says, “…we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” First of all, what does he mean by we do not look at the things which are seen? Is Paul saying that we are to simply ignore the visible, material world? Of course not, some other passages give us clues to what he means.

In this episode we look at why Paul says we no longer know anyone after the flesh...