2 Corinthians 5:21

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: the lord our righteousness.

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Daniel 9:26

After the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the troops of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall come with a flood. And until the end of the war desolations are determined.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and the man of My association,” says the Lord of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter. I will turn My hand against the small ones.

Numbers 21:9

Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.

Numbers 7:45

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb in its first year as a burnt offering;

Numbers 7:64

one goat kid as a sin offering;

Luke 1:35

The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy One who will be born will be called the Son of God.

Acts 3:14

You denied the Holy and Righteous 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 for our transgressions, and was raised for our justification.

Romans 5:19

For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One the many will be made righteous.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us—as it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” —

Ephesians 5:2

Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God on the basis of faith,

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was in every sense tempted like we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 7:26

For such a High Priest was fitting for us, for He is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and is higher than the heavens.

1 Peter 3:18

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

1 John 3:5

You know that He was revealed to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.