Bible Strands
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!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul to the Corinthian church, pivoting from a changed way of regarding people (v. 16) into the basis for the ministry of reconciliation (v. 18).
The words — καινὴ (kainē) paired with κτίσις (ktisis): "new creation," where "new" marks a different kind rather than merely a fresh instance.
The thread — The old-passed/new-come structure recurs in Ezekiel 36:26 (new heart and spirit replacing stone), Ephesians 4:22 (putting off the old self), and Isaiah 43:18 (do not call to mind former things).
Why it lands — It is a declaration of status, not a process: the reader is asked to stop reasoning from the old category and act from the new one.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Isaiah 43:18 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
- John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- 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,
- Colossians 3:1 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.