2 Corinthians 5:17

So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16So that we henceforth know no one according to the flesh; and if also we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him.

18And all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known.

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38].

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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