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Verse of the Day

Saturday, January 3, 2026

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2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

English Standard Version

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.Or creature The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

The Message

Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

(Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21)

The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Though the same as a man, he is changed in his character and conduct. These words must and do mean more than an outward reformation. The man who formerly saw no beauty in the Saviour that he should desire him, now loves him above all things. The heart of the unregenerate is filled with enmity against God, and God is justly offended with him. Yet there may be reconciliation. Our offended God has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. By the inspiration of God, the Scriptures were written, which are the word of reconciliation; showing that peace has been made by the cross, and how we may be interested therein. Though God cannot lose by the quarrel, nor gain by the peace, yet he beseeches sinners to lay aside their enmity, and accept the salvation he offers. Christ knew no sin. He was made Sin; not a sinner, but Sin, a Sin-offering, a Sacrifice for sin. The end and design of all this was, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, might be justified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Can any lose, labour, or suffer too much for Him, who gave his beloved Son to be the Sacrifice for their sins, that they might be made the righteousness of God in him?

2 Corinthians 5:17 In-Context

¹⁵ And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

¹⁶ So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:Or "Christ, that person is a new creation." The old has gone, the new is here!

¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

¹⁹ that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.