2 Corinthians 5:17

God's Word

Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.

Cross References

Psalm 51:10

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.

Isaiah 45:17

Israel has been saved by the Lord forever. You will never again be ashamed or disgraced.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.

Ezekiel 18:31

Stop all the rebellious things that you are doing. Get yourselves new hearts and new spirits. Why do you want to die, nation of Israel?

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts.

Matthew 12:33

“Make a tree good, and then its fruit will be good. Or make a tree rotten, and then its fruit will be rotten. A person can recognize a tree by its fruit.

Matthew 24:35

The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Luke 5:38

Rather, new wine is to be poured into fresh skins.

John 14:20

On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you.

John 15:2

He removes every one of my branches that doesn’t produce fruit. He also prunes every branch that does produce fruit to make it produce more fruit.

John 15:5

“I am the vine. You are the branches. Those who live in me while I live in them will produce a lot of fruit. But you can’t produce anything without me.

John 17:23

I am in them, and you are in me. So they are completely united. In this way the world knows that you have sent me and that you have loved them in the same way you have loved me.

John 3:3

Jesus replied to Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can see God’s kingdom without being born from above.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter God’s kingdom without being born of water and the Spirit.

Romans 16:10

Greet Apelles, a true Christian. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.

Romans 16:11

Greet Herodion, who is Jewish by birth like me. Greet those Christians who belong to the family of Narcissus.

Romans 16:3

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in the service of Christ Jesus.

Romans 16:7

Greet Andronicus and Junia, who are Jewish by birth like me. They are prisoners like me and are prominent among the apostles. They also were Christians before I was.

Romans 16:9

Greet Urbanus our coworker in the service of Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.

Romans 7:6

But now we have died to those laws that bound us. God has broken their effect on us so that we are serving in a new spiritual way, not in an old way dictated by written words.

Romans 8:1

So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.

1 Corinthians 1:30

You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin.

1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a follower of Christ who was snatched away to the third heaven fourteen years ago. I don’t know whether this happened to him physically or spiritually. Only God knows.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we don’t think of anyone from a human point of view. If we did think of Christ from a human point of view, we don’t anymore.

2 Corinthians 5:19

In other words, God was using Christ to restore his relationship with humanity. He didn’t hold people’s faults against them, and he has given us this message of restored relationships to tell others.

2 Corinthians 5:21

God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him.

Galatians 3:28

There are neither Jews nor Greeks, slaves nor free people, males nor females. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:6

As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.

Galatians 6:15

Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

Ephesians 2:15

He brought an end to the commandments and demands found in Moses’ Teachings so that he could take Jewish and non-Jewish people and create one new humanity in himself. So he made peace.

Philippians 4:21

Greet everyone who believes in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings to you.