2 Corinthians 5:17

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.

18All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave 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 the tree is known by the fruit.

Luke 5:38but the new wine is to be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.

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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