2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17

15 and He died for all, ^athat those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

16 ^aTherefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, ^byet now we know Him thus no longer.

17 Therefore, if anyone ^ais in Christ, he is ^ba new creation; ^cold things have passed away; behold, all things have become ^dnew.

18 Now all things are of God, ^awho has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 that is, that ^aGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not¹ imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then, we are ^aambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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A new creature (kainh ktisiv). A fresh start is made (kainh). Ktisiv is the old word for the act of creating (Romans 1:20), but in N.T. by metonymy it usually bears the notion of ktisma, the thing created or creature as here.

The old things are passed away (ta arxaia parhlqen). Did pass by, he means. Second aorist active of parerxomai, to go by. The ancient (arxaia) way of looking at Christ among other things. And yet today there are scholars who are trying to revive the old prejudiced view of Jesus Christ as a mere man, a prophet, to give us "a reduced Christ." That was once Paul's view, but it passed by forever for him. It is a false view and leaves us no gospel and no Saviour.

Behold, they are become new (idou, gegone kaina). Perfect active indicative of ginomai, have become new (fresh, kaina) to stay so.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 5:17:**

1 Corinthians 5:7
Galatians 6:15
Hebrews 9:11
1 Peter 5:10

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