2 Corinthians 5:17

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

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“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” promises that union with Christ makes a person genuinely new. Conversion is not mere self-improvement but a fresh start God brings about.

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

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“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

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“Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.”

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“so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  2. Isaiah 43:18“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
  3. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  4. Isaiah 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  5. Isaiah 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  6. Ezekiel 11:19And 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,
  7. Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  8. Ezekiel 36:26I 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.
  9. Matthew 9:16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
  10. Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
  11. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  12. Luke 5:38Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
  13. John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  14. John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  15. John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
  16. John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
  17. John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
  18. John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  19. Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  20. Romans 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  21. Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  22. Romans 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  23. Romans 16:7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
  24. Romans 16:11Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

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