2 Corinthians 5:21
Amplified Bible
21 He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].
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2 Corinthians 5:21
International Children’s Bible
21 Christ had no sin. But God made him become sin. God did this for us so that in Christ we could become right with God.
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2 Corinthians 5:21
New Living Translation
21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
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- 5:21 Or to become sin itself.
2 Corinthians 5:21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
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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- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Henry Alford, The Greek New Testament, with Notes.
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