2 Corinthians 5:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.(A)
16 Consequently,[a] from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. 17 (B)So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
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- 5:16–17 Consequently: the death of Christ described in 2 Cor 5:14–15 produces a whole new order (2 Cor 5:17) and a new mode of perception (2 Cor 5:16). According to the flesh: the natural mode of perception, characterized as “fleshly,” is replaced by a mode of perception proper to the Spirit. Elsewhere Paul contrasts what Christ looks like according to the old criteria (weakness, powerlessness, folly, death) and according to the new (wisdom, power, life); cf. 2 Cor 5:15, 21; 1 Cor 1:17–3:3. Similarly, he describes the paradoxical nature of Christian existence, e.g., in 2 Cor 4:10–11, 14. A new creation: rabbis used this expression to describe the effect of the entrance of a proselyte or convert into Judaism or of the remission of sins on the Day of Atonement. The new order created in Christ is the new covenant (2 Cor 3:6).
2 Corinthians 5:15-17
New International Version
15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(A) but for him who died for them(B) and was raised again.
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly(C) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(D) the new creation(E) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.
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