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Menno Simons on Visible New Creation - Anabaptist (2 Corinthians 5:17)

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"If any be in Christ, they show it! The new creation is visible in transformed living: peace instead of violence, truth instead of deception, community instead of isolation. If the old has passed, where is the evidence? New creation must be walked, not just believed." — Menno Simons. Anabaptist visible transformation.

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2 Corinthians 5:17

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