From ca4c3541d9b51e2c8604d5bd65565069e40f9ad5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:06:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '2co/05/17.md' --- 2co/05/17.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/2co/05/17.md b/2co/05/17.md index f45fec1d3b..5a8f376e41 100644 --- a/2co/05/17.md +++ b/2co/05/17.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # he is a new creation -Alternate translation: "he is a new person" Paul speaks of the person who believes in Christ as if that person were a new person that God had created. The old and new creation probably refer to how Paul illustrates the old and new self. These concepts are also the same as the old and new man. The term "old" probably does not refer to the sinful nature with which a person is born. It refers to the old way of living or the Christian formerly being bound to sin. The "new creation" is the new nature or new life that God gives a person after they come to believe in Christ. +Alternate translation: "he is a new person". Paul speaks of the person who believes in Christ as if that person were a new person that God had created. The old and new creation probably refer to how Paul illustrates the old and new self. These concepts are also the same as the old and new man. The term "old" probably does not refer to the sinful nature with which a person is born. It refers to the old way of living or the Christian formerly being bound to sin. The "new creation" is the new nature or new life that God gives a person after they come to believe in Christ. # The old things have passed away