2 Corinthians 5:17 BSB

2 Corinthians 5:17

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Basil of Caesarea

Letter 8 (379)

But, if we must go on with our discussion and make a deeper study, let us from this point contemplate especially the divine power of the Holy Spirit. We find three creations mentioned in the Scripture; the first, the education from nonexistence into existence; the second, the change from worse to better; and the third, the resurrection of the dead. In these you will find the Holy Spirit co-operating with the Father and the Son.… Now, humanity is created a second time through baptism, "for if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Therefore if any one be in Christ - A true believer in him. There is a new creation - Only the power that makes a world can make a Christian. And when he is so created, the old things are passed away - Of their own accord, even as snow in spring.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And so great is the change the grace of God makes in the soul, that, as it follows, old things are passed away --old thoughts, old principles, and old practices, are passed away; and all these things must become new. Note, Regenerating grace creates a new world in the soul; all things are new.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore if any man be in Christ - The phrase to “be in Christ,” evidently means to be united to Christ by faith; or to be in him as the branch is in the vine - that is, so united to the vine, or so in it, as to derive all its nourishment and support from it, and to be sustained entirely by it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Therefore--connected with the words in 2Co 5:16, "We know Christ no more after the flesh." As Christ has entered on His new heavenly life by His resurrection and ascension, so all who are "in Christ" (that is, united to Him by faith as the branch is In the vine) are new creatures (Ro 6:9-11).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὥστε	hōste	Therefore	G5620 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
ἐν	en	[is] in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ,	Christō	Christ,	G5547 →
καινὴ	kainē	[he is] a new	G2537 →
κτίσις·	ktisis	creation;	G2937 →
τὰ	ta	The	G3588 →
ἀρχαῖα	archaia	old things	G744 →
παρῆλθεν,	parēlthen	have passed away,	G3928 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
γέγονεν	gegonen	has come into being	G1096 →
καινά	kaina	new	G2537 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19
  And 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,
- Ephesians 4:22–24
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Matthew 5:8
  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Ezekiel 18:31
  Cast 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?
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
Through
Ezekiel 36:26
I 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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
  And 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,
- Psalms 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Through
John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
leads to
- John 3:5–6
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians