2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

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2 Corinthians 5:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
ESV
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
NLT
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
MSG
17 Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!
CSB
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:17 In-Context

15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ 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. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. S Romans 16:3
  • 2. S John 1:13; S Romans 6:4; Galatians 6:15
  • 3. Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:4,5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Christ, that person is a new creation."
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