Objection: 'all have died' can only be said of the saved — Winger's rebuttal via objective vs. subjective atonement

'All have died' in 2 Corinthians 5:14 is not a statement that all have experienced the full benefits of salvation. It is the logical corollary of Jesus dying for all — if he took your place, you died in him representatively. There is an objective sense (Christ died for all, so all died representatively) and a subjective experiential sense (when you come to Christ personally). Verse 19 itself shows this dual sense: 'God was reconciling the world' (objective) and 'be reconciled' (subjective imperative).