2 Corinthians 5:5,17 - Compare All Versions

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Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;  the old has passed away, and see,  the new has  come!

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we’ll never have to relocate our “tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what’s coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.

Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Now He who has made us and prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the [Holy] Spirit as a pledge [a guarantee, a down payment on the fulfillment of His promise].

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].

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!