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2 Corinthians 5:21

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5:21God38 made the one who did not know sin39 to be sin for us, so that in him40 we would become the righteousness of God.

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2 Corinthians 5:21: For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Footnotes

  1. 38 Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 39 The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.
  3. 40 That is, “in Christ.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

NLTNew Living Translation

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He made the one who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.