2 Corinthians 5:21

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2 Corinthians 5:21

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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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

“They will say of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
Men will come to Him,
And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.

How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the Lord is our righteousness.’

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weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “

But the righteous man shall live by faith.”

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

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Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.

The priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;

for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

also one male goat to make atonement for you.