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The old life is gone; a new life has begun! <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, the new has come into being. <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new! <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, all things have become new! <a href="/net/2_corinthians/5.htm">NET Bible</a> So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away--look, what is new has come! <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Look, new things have come. <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, the new has come into being. <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> So that if any in Christ, a new creation: old things have passed away; behold, all have become new.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new. <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/5.htm">New American Bible</a> So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Whoever from now on is a follower of Christ, is a new creation: old things have passed away; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> All that is in The Messiah is therefore The New Creation; the old order has passed away to such.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> So, then, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new. <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Wherefore if any person be in Christ, he is a new creation: the old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> therefore, if any man be a christian, he is in a new creation: the old state of things is chang'd to one entirely new. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Wherefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, they have become new. <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And therefore if any one be in Christ, he is created anew: old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=900" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/5.htm">Ambassadors for Christ</a> …16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17<a href="/greek/5620.htm" title="5620: hōste (Conj) -- So that, therefore, so then, so as to. From hos and te; so too, i.e. Thus therefore.">Therefore</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">anyone</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">is in</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ,</a> <a href="/greek/2537.htm" title="2537: kainē (Adj-NFS) -- Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new">he is a new</a> <a href="/greek/2937.htm" title="2937: ktisis (N-NFS) -- From ktizo; original formation.">creation.</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/744.htm" title="744: archaia (Adj-NNP) -- Original, primitive, ancient. From arche; original or primeval.">old</a> <a href="/greek/3928.htm" title="3928: parēlthen (V-AIA-3S) -- From para and erchomai; to come near or aside, i.e. To approach, go by, perish or neglect, avert.">has passed away.</a> <a href="/greek/2400.htm" title="2400: idou (V-AMA-2S) -- See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/greek/2537.htm" title="2537: kaina (Adj-NNP) -- Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new">the new</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: gegonen (V-RIA-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">has come!</a> 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Galatians 6:15</a> For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a> We 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. <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> to 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 and holiness. <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9-10</a> Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, / and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18-19</a> “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 in the desert. <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> 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. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3-7</a> Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” / “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?” / Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. ... <a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1-2</a> Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. / For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a> He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">1 Peter 1:23</a> For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a> And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.” <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a> Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. <a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Philippians 3:13-14</a> Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, / I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a> For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.be.<a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19,21</a> To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation… <a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">2 Corinthians 12:2</a> I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.<a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Isaiah 45:17,24,25</a> But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end… he is.<a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a> Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.<a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Ezekiel 11:19</a> And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:<a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31</a> Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?old.<a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">2 Corinthians 5:16</a> Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.<a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18,19</a> Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old… <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17,18</a> For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-9.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-12.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">New</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-5.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">State</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/galatians/2-6.htm">New</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">State</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 5</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">That in his assured hope of immortal glory,</a> 9. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">and in expectation of it, he labors to keep a good conscience;</a> 12. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-12.htm">not that he may boast of himself,</a> 14. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">but as one that, having received life from Christ, </a> 17. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">endeavors to live as a new creature to Christ only,</a> 18. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">and by his ministry of reconciliation, to reconcile others also in Christ to God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "in Christ" is a key Pauline concept, signifying a deep, spiritual union with Jesus. This union is not limited by ethnicity, social status, or past sins, reflecting the inclusive nature of the Gospel (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>). The phrase "in Christ" also implies a position of security and identity, as believers are seen as part of the body of Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-27.htm">1 Corinthians 12:27</a>).he is a new creation The concept of being a "new creation" is rooted in the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. This transformation is not merely a moral or ethical change but a fundamental renewal of one's nature (<a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a>). The idea of new creation echoes the Genesis account, where God created the world, signifying that believers are part of a new order inaugurated by Christ's resurrection (<a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a>). This transformation is both immediate and ongoing, as believers grow in sanctification.The old has passed away This phrase indicates a definitive break from the past life of sin and separation from God. The "old" refers to the former way of living, characterized by sin and spiritual death (<a href="/ephesians/2.htm">Ephesians 2:1-3</a>). The passing away of the old is akin to the death of the old self, as described in <a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a>, where believers are called to put off the old nature and its practices (<a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9-10</a>). This is a call to repentance and a turning away from former sinful behaviors.Behold, the new has come! The use of "behold" serves as an exclamation, drawing attention to the miraculous nature of the transformation. The "new" signifies the new life and identity found in Christ, marked by righteousness and holiness (<a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm">Ephesians 4:24</a>). This newness is a present reality and a foretaste of the ultimate renewal of all creation, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a> and <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a>. The new life in Christ is characterized by the fruit of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>) and a renewed purpose to live for God's glory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church in Corinth to address various issues and to encourage them in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a> A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and moral challenges. The church in Corinth faced many issues, including divisions and moral lapses. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_corinth.htm">The Church in Corinth</a> The recipients of Paul's letter, they were a diverse group of believers struggling to live out their faith in a challenging cultural environment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/n/new_identity_in_christ.htm">New Identity in Christ</a> When we are in Christ, we receive a new identity. Our past no longer defines us; instead, we are defined by our relationship with Jesus. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_and_renewal.htm">Transformation and Renewal</a> The transformation into a new creation is an ongoing process. We are continually being renewed in our minds and hearts by the Holy Spirit. <a href="/topical/l/leaving_the_past_behind.htm">Leaving the Past Behind</a> The old life, characterized by sin and separation from God, is gone. We are called to leave behind old habits and ways of thinking. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_the_new_creation.htm">Living Out the New Creation</a> As new creations, our lives should reflect the character of Christ. This involves growing in love, patience, kindness, and other fruits of the Spirit. <a href="/topical/h/hope_and_assurance.htm">Hope and Assurance</a> Being a new creation gives us hope and assurance of our salvation and eternal life with God. It is a promise of God's faithfulness to complete the work He has begun in us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 5</a> <a href="/q/can_i_remarry_after_a_pre-salvation_divorce.htm">Can I remarry if divorced before finding salvation?</a> <a href="/q/how_are_believers_'new'_with_old_flaws.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 – How can believers be “new creations” while still exhibiting old habits, flaws, and sins? </a> <a href="/q/how_has_faith_shaped_your_life.htm">How has your faith journey impacted your life?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_find_my_identity_in_christ.htm">How do I discover my identity in Christ?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ.--To be in Christ, in St. Paul's language, is for a man to be united with him by faith and by baptism (<a href="/context/romans/6-3.htm" title="Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?">Romans 6:3-4</a>), to claim personally what had been secured to him as a member of the race for whom Christ died. In such a case the man is born again (<a href="/titus/3-5.htm" title="Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;">Titus 3:5</a>)--there is a new creation; the man, as the result of that work, is a new creature. The old things of his life, Jewish expectations of a Jewish kingdom, chiliastic dreams, heathen philosophies, lower aims, earthly standards--these things, in idea at least, passed away from him at the time when he was united with Christ. We may trace an echo of words of Isaiah's that may have floated in the Apostle's memory: "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold I make new things" (<a href="/context/isaiah/43-18.htm" title="Remember you not the former things, neither consider the things of old.">Isaiah 43:18-19</a>). The words in italics are in the LXX. the same as those which St. Paul uses here.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - Therefore. If even a human, personal, external knowledge of Christ is henceforth of no significance, it follows that there must have been a total change in all relations towards him. The historic fact of such a changed relationship is indicated clearly in <a href="/john/20-17.htm">John 20:17</a>. Mary Magdalene was there lovingly taught that a "recognition of Christ after the flesh," i.e. as merely a human friend, was to be a thing of the past. In Christ; i.e. a Christian. For perfect faith attains to mystic union with Christ. A new creature; rather, a new creation (<a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Galatians 6:15</a>). The phrase is borrowed from the rabbis who used it to express the condition of a proselyte. But the meaning is not mere Jewish arrogance and exclusiveness, but the deep truth of spiritual regeneration and the new birth (<a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-23.htm">Ephesians 4:23, 24</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3</a>, etc.). Old things; literally, the ancient things, all that belongs to the old Adam. Behold. The word expresses the writer's vivid realization of the truth he is uttering. All things. The whole sphere of being, and therewith the whole aim and character of life. The clause illustrates the "new creation." <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Therefore ὥστε (hōste) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_5620.htm">Strong's 5620: </a> So that, therefore, so then, so as to. From hos and te; so too, i.e. Thus therefore. if εἴ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. anyone τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. [is] in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Christ, Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. [he is] a new καινὴ (kainē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2537.htm">Strong's 2537: </a> Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new creation. κτίσις (ktisis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2937.htm">Strong's 2937: </a> From ktizo; original formation. The τὰ (ta) Article - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. old ἀρχαῖα (archaia) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_744.htm">Strong's 744: </a> Original, primitive, ancient. From arche; original or primeval. has passed away. παρῆλθεν (parēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3928.htm">Strong's 3928: </a> From para and erchomai; to come near or aside, i.e. To approach, go by, perish or neglect, avert. Behold, ἰδοὺ (idou) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo! [the] new καινά (kaina) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2537.htm">Strong's 2537: </a> Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new has come! γέγονεν (gegonen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ he (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 5:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 5:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 5:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 5:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>