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2 Corinthians 5:21

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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.

20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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BSB
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
KJV
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
WEB
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
ASV
Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
DARBY
Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him.
BLB
He made the One not having known sin [to be] sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
ÅB
Ham som ikke visste av synd, har han gjort til synd for oss, for at vi i ham skal bli rettferdige for Gud.
OTB
Han gjorde Ham som ikke kjente synd til å være synd for oss, slik at vi kunne bli Guds rettferdighet i Ham.
B1930
Ham som ikke visste av synd, har han gjort til synd for oss, forat vi i ham skal bli rettferdige for Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:22–24

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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  • Romans 5:19

    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:30

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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  • 1 John 3:5

    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

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  • Philippians 3:9

    and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

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  • Isaiah 53:4–6

    Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.

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