2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!”
“Se alguém está em Cristo, é nova criação; as coisas antigas já passaram, eis que tudo se fez novo” promete que a união com Cristo torna a pessoa verdadeiramente nova. A conversão não é mera melhoria própria, mas um recomeço que Deus opera.
Resposta rápida traduzida com auxílio de IA e em revisão. A explicação completa é exibida em inglês.
“In Christ” is the key phrase: belonging to Jesus changes one’s deepest identity. What follows is not gradual tidying-up but a declaration — “the new has come.”
The change is real even as it keeps unfolding: a believer is already a new creation and is being remade day by day into Christ’s likeness.
If I’m a “new creation,” why do I still struggle?
The decisive change is real, but growth continues. Scripture holds both together: you are already new in Christ, and God is still at work making you new.