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He madeἐποίησενthe one whoτὸνdid notμὴknowγνόνταsinἁμαρτίανto besinἁμαρτίανforὑπὲρus,ἡμῶνso thatἵναweἡμεῖςmight becomeγενώμεθαthe righteousnessδικαιοσύνηof Godθεοῦinἐνhim.αὐτῷ
2 Corinthians 5:21
Study it in the app“He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.”
God, in the Messiah, was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their faults against themThe CrossThe one who knew no sin was made sin for us, to become God's righteousnessGrace
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 5:21, word by word
- He madeἐποίησενepoiēsen
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “epoiēsen” appears- knowγνόνταgnonta
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “gnonta” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- might becomeγενώμεθαgenōmetha
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genōmetha” appears- the righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosynē
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynē” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
Translation note
“He made him sin”: it can also be understood “he made him a sin offering,” as in the Greek of the Old Testament.
The context
20So on behalf of the Messiah we are ambassadors, as though God were appealing through us; we beg you on behalf of the Messiah, be reconciled to God.
21 · This verse (above)