2 Corinthians 5:21

English Majority Text Version

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Cross References

Luke 1:35

And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy Baby which is to be born shall be called the Son of God.

Acts 3:14

But you denied the Holy and Just One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Romans 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

Romans 4:25

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

Romans 5:19

For through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One many shall be constituted righteous.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

2 Corinthians 5:17

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

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, the righteousness of the law, but the righteousness by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but having been tempted in all respects in quite the same way as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 7:26

For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once to atone for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,

1 John 3:5

And you know that He appeared that He might take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.