2 Corinthians 5:14-17

Twentieth_Century(i) 14 It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died; 15 And that he died for all, so that the living should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose for them. 16 For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard any one from the world's standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!