2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Baptism
“This sacrament is called Baptism, after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the catechumen's burial into Christ's death, from which he rises up by resurrection with him, as "a new creature."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15; Cf. Rom 6:34; Col 2:12.
“Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte "a new creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the divine nature,"” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:17; 2 Pet 1:4; cf. Gal 4:5-7.
Grace and Justification
“All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself.” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 5:17-18.
Fathers and councils · 28
Gregory of Nyssa
“…the name of the “first-born from the dead,” so having in all things the pre-eminence, after that “all old things,” as the apostle says, “have passed away,” He becomes the first-born of the new creation of men in Christ by the two-fold regeneration, alike that by Holy Baptism and that which is the consequence of…” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. v. 17
Read the whole comment“…is created according to God,” and “If any man be in Christ,” he says, “he is a new creature: the old things are passed away, behold all things are become new:”) —for the maker of human nature at the first and afterwards is one and the same.” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. v. 17
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Jerome
“But why do we argue, and why are we eager to frame a clever and victorious reply to our opponent?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And that he may not venture to say that “old things are passed away; and, behold, all things are become new,” let him hear the apostle’s words to Timothy, “Let no man despise thy youth.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…which he signifies elsewhere thus, ‘Wherefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…the earth, and divide between the day and night, and be for signs of times; because “old things have passed away,” and “behold all things are become new;” and “because our salvation is nearer than when we believed;” and because “the night is far spent, the day is at hand;” and because Thou wilt crown Thy year…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“I long for new days “that never shall wax old,” that I may say, “Old things have passed away; behold, things are become new.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment““If any, then, is in Christ, he is a new creature.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Here is prophesied that creation of which the Apostle saith: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And all things are of God.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17, 18.
Read the whole comment“And they do not see that the old things are passed away, and all things are become new.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 15, v. 17.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…we are also of God; ‘There is but one God, by whom are all things; ‘Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new, and all things are of God.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17, 18
Read the whole comment“The Apostle therefore continues “Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17
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John Chrysostom
“…much more bright than the first, introduced us into another world, made us another creature; “If any man be in Christ,” saith Paul, “he is a new creature.” ( 2 Cor. v. 17.)” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“Again, man is created through baptism, for “if any man be in Christ he is a new creature.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“…have fallen into sin, (for it is so understood according to the usage of Scripture, as in the words of Paul “if any man be in Christ he is a new creature”), the renewal which takes place in this life, and the transmutation from our earthly and sensuous life to the heavenly conversation which takes place in us…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Tertullian
“But if there is a new creation in Christ, our solemnities too will be bound to be new: else, if the apostle has erased all devotion absolutely “of seasons, and days, and months, and years,” why do we celebrate the passover by an annual rotation in the first month?” — editor's note: Comp. Luke xxii. 20; 2 Cor. v. 17, etc.
Read the whole comment“…the leaves of lasciviousness, but the flowers of holiness; which was to impart to the waters its own purities—thenceforth, whatever flesh (is) “in Christ” has lost its pristine soils, is now a thing different, emerges in a new state, no longer (generated) of the slime of natural seed, nor of the grime of…” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“And when by Isaiah He proclaims how “old things were passed away; and, behold, all things, which I am making, are new,” does He not advert to a new state of things?” — editor's note: His reading of (probably) Isa. xliii. 19; comp. 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“Now, if the Creator indeed promised that “the ancient things should pass away,” to be superseded by a new course of things which should arise, whilst Christ marks the period of the separation when He says, “The law and the prophets were…” — editor's note: Comp. Isa. xliii. 18, 19, and lxv. 17, with 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment““If therefore any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new;” and so is accomplished the prophecy of Isaiah.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“…occurred in another epistle, emanated from the Creator, who, while predicting that “old things were to pass away,” and that He would “make all things new,” commanded men “to break up fresh ground for themselves,” and thereby taught them even then to put off the old man and put on the new.” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 18, 19, and lxv. 17; 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…for example, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not perish: also the Apostle says, Behold the old things are passed away; they are become new.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…and all-luminous, Who demands of us, us His only sacrifice, purification—that is, a contrite heart and the sacrifice of praise, and a new creation in Christ, and the new man, and the like, as the Scripture loves to call it.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“The gates of hell are opened, and death is destroyed, and the old Adam is put aside, and the New is fulfilled; if any man be in Christ he is a new creature; be ye renewed.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For, says (the Naassene), Attis has been emasculated, that is, he has passed over from the earthly parts of the nether world to the everlasting substance above, where, he says, there is neither female or male, but a new creature, a new man, which is hermaphrodite.” — editor's note: See 2 Cor. v. 17; Gal. vi 15.
Read the whole comment“This Logos we know to have received a body from a virgin, and to have remodelled the old man by a new creation.” — editor's note: πεφυρακότα. This is the reading adopted by Cruice and Wordsworth. The translator has followed Cruice’s rendering, refinxisse, while Dr. Wordsworth construes…
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Clement of Alexandria
““Quare si quis est in Christo, nova creatura est,” nec amplius peccatis dedita: “Vetera præterierunt,” vitam antiquam exuimus: “Ecce enim nova facta sunt,” castitas ex fornicatione, et continentia ex incontinentia, justitia ex injustitia.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 16, 17.
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Cross-references · 22
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Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 14.
Cited together in Catechism §1214 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §1214.
Cited together in Catechism §1265 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 24.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 14.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 24.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.29.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 24.
Cited together in Catechism §1265.
Cited together in Catechism §1265.
Cited together in Catechism §1265.
Cited together in Catechism §1265.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 24.