2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new [1] creature [2][3]: old things are passed away [4]; behold, all things are become new. [5][6][7][8]
- ↑ The original word in the Greek text for new is kainos (καινός) means new in kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of... You are not a new and improved version of who you used to be; you are something brand new altogether (Galatians 6:15).
- ↑ The moment you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you received a new life – His life. Your broken and sad life has been traded for His good life. Your are part of the bloodline of champions. Every generational curse has been broken and you have now revceived His evey spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3) for your life.
- ↑ You are not a sinner becoming a saint. You are a Christian, or a little Christ. You are 100 percent holy and righteous (1 Corinthains 1:30). You one with the Lord, you have the mind of Christ, the heart of Christ, and the desires of Christ. You may have retained some of the habits and memories of your old life, but you are a brand new person. So instead of becoming, you need to be.
- ↑ The person you used to be, died with Christ (Romans 6:6, Colossians 3:3) and your former natural (1st Adam) bloodline has been traded for that of the last Adam, Jesus Christ.
- ↑ You have been born again of incoruptable (aphthartos) seed (1 Peter 1:23).
- ↑ King James Version (KJV)
- ↑ Greek Interlinear: Therefore if any man in Christ, is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
- ↑ Greek Text (TR) - 5:17 ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν ἰδού, γέγονεν καινά· τὰ πάντα