17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! This is a further inference from what precedes. What was true in Paul’s case must be true in all similar cases. If the revelation of Christ, the apprehension of his glory and love, had made such a change in Paul, the same illumination must produce a similar change in others. He therefore says, If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The proposition is general—it applies to everyone. To be in Christ
2 Corinthians 5:17