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2 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the ... Codex Freerianus (c. 450; extant verses 8–10,17–18)
People who think it is impossible to attain through the Spirit the 'new creation' of the pure heart (cf 2 Cor. 5:17) are rightly and explicitly likened by the apostle to those who, because of their unbelief, were found unworthy of entering the promised land and whose bodies on that account 'were left lying in the desert' . [33]
The language of a new creation is not limited to the two verses in the Authorized King James Version that include that actual phrase (Gal. 6:15, 2 Cor 5:17). Other passages, such as Galatians 6:12-16, 2 Corinthians 5:14-19, Ephesians 2:11-22, Ephesians 4:17-24, and Colossians 3:1-11 present new creation teaching also, without that exact phrase.
Papyrus 124 contains a fragment of 2 Corinthians (6th century AD). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians [a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author named Timothy, and is addressed to the church in Corinth and Christians in the surrounding province of Achaea, in modern-day Greece. [3]
The second stanza speaks of the mystery of the cross [6] and of atonement through the sacrifice of Christ, based on Isaiah 53:5 and 2 Corinthians 5:21. [ 3 ] The third stanza talks of the forgiveness of sin (c.f. Hebrews 9:22 , Ephesians 1:6–7 ), through which Man is made good ( 2 Cor 5:17 ), framing this as the gateway to Heaven, an imagery ...
This act of divine grace is wrought by faith in the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). Regeneration is the impartation of divine life which is manifested in that radical change in the moral character of man, from the love and life of sin to the love of God and the life of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Peter 1:23).
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They teach that the wearing of plain dress (without adornment) is scripturally commanded in 1 Timothy 2:9–10, 1 Peter 3:3–5, and 1 Corinthians 11:5–6, [49] in addition to being taught by the early Church Fathers. [49] Indeed, in the early Christian manual Paedagogus, the injunction for clothing to extend past the knees was enjoined. [50]