2 Corinthians 5:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Common English Bible

²¹ God caused the one who didn’t know sin to be sin for our sake so that through him we could become the righteousness of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.

2 Corinthians 5:21 Cross References

Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies; even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name whereby she shall be called, The LORD is our righteousness.

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

Daniel 9:26

And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and his end shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Numbers 21:9

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

Numbers 7:45

one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering;

Numbers 7:64

one male of the goats for a sin offering;

Luke 1:35

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God.

Acts 3:14

But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

Romans 1:17

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God by faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

Romans 4:25

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

Romans 5:19

For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

2 Corinthians 5:17

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 7:26

For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in the spirit;

1 John 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.