2 Corinthians 5:16-18
New English Translation
16 So then from now on we acknowledge[a] no one from an outward human point of view.[b] Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view,[c] now we do not know him in that way any longer. 17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away[d]—look, what is new[e] has come![f] 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “we know.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “no one according to the flesh.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “we have known Christ according to the flesh.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 tn Grk “old things have passed away.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D2 K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian text-forms (P46 א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 tn Grk “new things have come [about].”
2 Corinthians 5:16-18
New International Version
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly(A) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(B) the new creation(C) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(D) 18 All this is from God,(E) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(F) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.
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