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2 Corinthians 5:21

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.

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2 Corinthians 5:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

2 Corinthians 5:21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that we might become God’s righteousness in him.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him. 

2 Corinthians 5:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 Christ didn’t have any sin. But God made him become sin for us. So we can be made right with God because of what Christ has done for us.

2 Corinthians 5:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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