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2 Corinthians 5:17 · WEB
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, they have become new.
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Billy Graham on Being Born Again - Traditional (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"When you receive Christ, you become a new creation. The old life is gone; a new life has begun. This isn't reformation but transformation—not turning over a new leaf but receiving a new life. You mus
Menno Simons on Visible New Creation - Anabaptist (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"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, whe
Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christ-Shaped New Humanity - Christocentric (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"'In Christ'—there is the key. New creation is not self-improvement but Christ-participation. We are new because we are in Him. His death becomes our death to the old; His resurrection becomes our ris
James Cone on New Creation and Liberation - Black Church (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"New creation isn't just spiritual; it's the making of a new world where the old oppressions pass away. In Christ, racism is old; dignity is new. Slavery is old; freedom is new. To be a new creation i
St. Maximus the Confessor on Theosis as New Creation - Orthodox (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"New creation is theosis—becoming by grace what God is by nature. The old humanity, isolated from God, passes away. The new humanity participates in divine life. We are being re-created in the image o
John Piper on Definitive New Creation - Reformed (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"'If anyone is in Christ—new creation!' This is definitive, not progressive. The moment you are united to Christ by faith, you ARE a new creation. Sanctification follows, but the fundamental reality i
Bill Johnson on Living as New Creations - Charismatic (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"You ARE a new creation—now live like it! The old is GONE; stop letting it define you. Your past sins, failures, identity—gone! Walk in the new. The Spirit empowers you to live the new creation realit
N.T. Wright on Inaugurated New Creation - Anglican (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"New creation has begun! In Christ's resurrection, the future has broken into the present. We who are 'in Christ' are already living in the new age while the old age continues. New creation is not pie
Pope John Paul II on New Creation Through Baptism - Catholic (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"In Baptism we are buried with Christ and rise as new creations. The sacrament effects what it signifies: real transformation, not mere symbol. Through the waters, the old Adam dies and the new creati