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2 Corinthians 5:21

Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.

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Cross References

Numbers 7:45A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of incense:

Isaiah 45:24For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.

Isaiah 53:9And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth.

Jeremiah 33:16In those days shall Juda be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and this is the name that they shall call him, The Lord our just one.

Daniel 9:26And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

Luke 1:35And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not… Read the whole commentary →

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