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# he is a new creation

Paul speaks of the person who believes in Christ as if that person were a new person that God had created. Alternate translation: "he is a new person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# The old things have passed away

Here "the old things" refers to the things that characterized a person before he trusted in Christ.

# See

The word "See" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Paul speaks of the person who believes in Christ as if that person were a new person that God had created. Alternate translation: "he is a new person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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			`# The old things have passed away`

From work on PDF Eph 2018-12-12 18:51:11 +00:00			`Here "the old things" refers to the things that characterized a person before he trusted in Christ.`
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			`# See`

			`The word "See" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.`