2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 2
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! — the ktisis (creation) language echoes Genesis 1. In-Christ-ness means being a new creature (kainos); the old order is passed (parelythe), the new inaugurated (ginen). This is not moral improvement but ontological transformation.
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Markus BauerNote2mo agoThe Old Passes Into Silence
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. This is the promise that drew me to Christianity initially. I was broken. I'd fa...
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Adam SmithNote1mo agoNew Creation in Christ
Paul announces: 'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!' Not improvement. Replacement.
I grew up thinking conversion meant getting better. Be...
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