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Ambassadors for Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17

In 9 translations

BSB
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!Or a new creature
KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
WEB
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
ASV
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
LSV
so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new.
YLT
so that if any one [is] in Christ — [he is] a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
DBY
So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:
DRC
If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.
GNV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, let him be a newe creature. Olde things are passed away: beholde, all things are become newe.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ πάντα (“the all things”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: καινά. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καινά; Robinson–Pierpont add τὰ πάντα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδοὺ γέγονεν καινά·
RP2018
Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδού, γέγονεν καινὰ τὰ πάντα.
TR-Boyd
Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδού, γέγονε καινὰ τὰ πάντα.
SCR1894
ωστε ει τις εν χριστω καινη κτισις τα αρχαια παρηλθεν ιδου γεγονεν καινα τα παντα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Ephesians 4:22–24to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness…
  • Isaiah 43:18–19“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams…
  • John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  • Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  • 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,
  • Colossians 3:1–10Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now…
  • Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  • Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  • Romans 8:9–10You, 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. But if Christ is in you, your body is…
  • Romans 6:4–6We 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. For if we have been united with…
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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