worldly standards. In parallelism with τὰ ἀρχαῖα, although placed last for emphasis, καινά is the subject of γέγονεν, not a predicate adjective with either τὰ ἀρχαῖα68 or τὰ πάντα understood.69 If καινά picks up the phrase καινὴ κτίσις, then εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ may be understood before ἰδοὺ γέγονεν καινά. That is, καινά, as well as εἴ τις and καινὴ κτίσις, refers principally to individual experience rather than to corporate or cosmic realities. When a person becomes a
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