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Soὥστεifεἴanyoneτιςisinἐνthe Messiah,Χριστῷthere isa newκαινὴcreation;κτίσιςthe old thingsτὰ ἀρχαῖαhave passed away;παρῆλθενlook,ἰδοὺnew thingsκαινάhave come.γέγονεν
2 Corinthians 5:17
Study it in the app“So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.”
God, in the Messiah, was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their faults against themThe CrossAnyone in Christ is a new creationTurning back to GodAnyone in Christ is a new creationPurposeAnyone in the Messiah is a new creationTemptation
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 5:17, word by word
- Soὥστεhōste
so
Draws the conclusion from what has just been said.
Where else “hōste” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- a newκαινὴkainē
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainē” appears- creationκτίσιςktisis
creation
All that God made, or a being he made.
Where else “ktisis” appears- the old thingsἀρχαῖαarchaia
ancient, old
Ancient, old, from the beginning; "the ancients", the earlier generations.
Where else “archaia” appears- have passed awayπαρῆλθενparēlthen
pass away
To come to an end, cease to exist.
Where else “parēlthen” appears- have comeγέγονενgegonen
be made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “gegonen” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “all things have been made new.”
The context
16So we from now on know no one according to the flesh; even if we have known the Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him in that way.
17 · This verse (above)
18And all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and gave us the service of reconciliation,