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21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [[a]endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Henry Alford, The Greek New Testament, with Notes.

“For this is like the waters of Noah to me;
    for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth,
    so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

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For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

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to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved, in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

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[So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

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13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near.

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14 in whom we have our redemption,[a] the forgiveness of our sins.

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  1. 1:14 TR adds “through his blood,”

14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

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20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

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20 And God purposed that through ([a]by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled [b]back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Colossians 1:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.