¹⁶From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.^A Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective,^B yet now we no longer know him in this way. ¹⁷Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;^al the old has passed away, and see,^am the new has^C come!^an ¹⁸Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.^ao ¹⁹That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world^ap to himself,^aq not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

²⁰Therefore, we are ambassadors^ar for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,^as “Be reconciled to God.” ²¹He made the one who did not know sin^at to be sin^D for us,^au so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

6Working together with him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.” ²For he says:

At an acceptable time I listened to you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.^E^a

See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!^b

Read in Logos

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.

Footnotes

A anyone according to the flesh
B Christ according to the flesh
COther read look, all new things have
DOr be a sin offering

Cross references

al Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14
am Rm 8:24
an Is 43:19; 65:17; Rm 6:4; Eph 4:24; Rv 21:5
ao Rm 5:11
ap 2Pt 2:20
aq Ti 2:11
ar Eph 6:20
as 2Co 12:10; Php 1:29
at 1Jn 3:5
au Rm 8:3; Gl 3:13; 1Pt 2:24
E Is 49:8
a Is 49:8
b Is 49:8; 55:6; Lk 4:19; Heb 3:13