11 We know what it means to fear the Lord, and so we try to persuade others. God knows us completely, and I hope that in your hearts you know me as well.
12 We are not trying again to recommend ourselves to you; rather, we are trying to give you a good reason to be proud of us, so that you will be able to answer those who boast about people's appearance and not about their character.
13 Are we really insane? It is for God's sake. Or are we sane? Then it is for your sake.
14 We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that all share in his death.
15 He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.
16 No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.
17 Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.