2 Corinthians 5:17

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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 according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

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 men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
KJV: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
WEB: Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
ASV: Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
DARBY: So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:
BLB: Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation. The old things passed away; behold, the new things have come into being!

ÅB: Derfor, dersom noen er i Kristus, da er han en ny skapning; det gamle er forganget, se, alt er blitt nytt!
OTB: Derfor, hvis noen er i Kristus, er den personen en ny skapning; de gamle tingene har gått bort; se, nye ting har kommet.
B1930: Derfor, dersom nogen er i Kristus, da er han en ny skapning; det gamle er forganget, se, alt er blitt nytt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has passed away, see, something new has come.

Context: Paul writes about being reconciled to God.

See also: Romans 12:2

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Cross references

Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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Ephesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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Isaiah 43:18–19
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
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John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
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Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
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Colossians 3:1–10
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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