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2 Corinthians 5:21


KJV
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.
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NKJV
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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NASB
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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NIV
God made Him who had no sin to be sin (or, be a sin offering) for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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Amp.
For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].
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Wuest
We who did not know sin in an experiential way, on behalf of us and instead of us, was made [the representative of] sin, in order that, as for us, we might become a righteousness of God in Him.
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Phps.
For God caused Christ, who Himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God.
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Wms.
He made Him who personally knew nothing of sin to be a sin-offering for us, so that through union with Him we might come into right standing with God.
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Writings on the Paidion Books Site
That Reference This Scripture

  1. An Acceptable Truth - Neil Girrard
  2. Teachings; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer
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