2 Corinthians 5:21

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“God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

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BSBPD

“God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:21 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 7:45one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
  2. Numbers 21:9So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
  3. Isaiah 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  4. Isaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
  5. Isaiah 53:9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
  6. Jeremiah 23:26How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
  7. Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  8. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  9. Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
  10. Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  11. Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
  12. Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
  13. Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  14. Romans 3:21But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
  15. Romans 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
  16. Romans 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
  17. Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  18. Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  19. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  20. 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  21. Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
  22. Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  23. Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
  24. Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

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