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2 Corinthians 5:17-21
International Standard Version
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
International Standard Version
17 Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah,[a] he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new!
18 All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the Messiah[b] and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 for through the Messiah,[c] God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us. 20 Therefore, we are the Messiah’s[d] representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah’s[e] behalf: “Be reconciled to God!” 21 God[f] made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that God’s righteousness would be produced in us.[g]
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ
- 2 Corinthians 5:18 Or Christ
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 Or Christ
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 Or Christ’s
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 Or Christ’s
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Lit. He
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Lit. that we might become God’s righteousness in him
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
New International Version
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C) 18 All this is from God,(D) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(E) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(F) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(G) as though God were making his appeal through us.(H) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(I) 21 God made him who had no sin(J) to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(K)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
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