 | Theodore Gerhardt Tappert - 1959 - 742 σελίδες
...Christ, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption." And II Cor. 5:21, "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...in him we might become the righteousness of God." Because the right- 307 eousness of Christ is given to us through faith, therefore faith is righteousness... | |
 | John R. W. Stott - 1961 - 132 σελίδες
...Christ, God making His appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin,...that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. This passage treats salvation in terms of reconciliation, which, according to Vincent Taylor, is 'the... | |
 | Kenneth Burke - 1970 - 340 σελίδες
...offering." And it is suggested that this range should be kept in mind when interpreting II Corinthians 5:21: "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin." Here the meanings of the Hebrew word are said to be in Paul's mind, lurking behind the Greek hamartia... | |
 | John J. Gunther - 1973 - 346 σελίδες
...righteousness stems from transformation into the image of Christ (3:18) and from the fact that "far our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin" (5:21).1 For the Apostle the humanity of Jesus is the vehicle of his reconciling work (2 Cor. 5:18-20).... | |
 | Anthony A. Hoekema - 1975 - 160 σελίδες
...righteousness and of His love. The principle of substitution is taught also in II Corinthians 5:21: "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...in him we might become the righteousness of God." Christ identified himself with our sin, Paul here teaches, so that we might now be able to identify... | |
 | Robert H. Gundry - 2005 - 284 σελίδες
...'God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them . . . For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...in him we might become the righteousness of God.' Cf. Gal 1:4; 2: 2o; Rom 8: 3, 32; 14: 15; I Cor 5: 7; 11:24-5; 15: 3; I Thes 5: 1o. The infrequency... | |
 | Walter Kasper - 1977 - 324 σελίδες
...becoming other. In this sense Paul says (2 Cor 5.18ff) that God has reconciled the world to himself. 'For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...that in him we might become the righteousness of God' (5.21l. 'Christ died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who... | |
 | E. P. Sanders - 1977 - 650 σελίδες
...not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. . . . For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...that in him we might become the righteousness of God. The passage is interesting from several points of view. We see, for example, the way in which 'righteousness'... | |
 | George Eldon Ladd - 1978 - 124 σελίδες
...works, but by the justification wrought by Christ on his cross. "For our sake he [God] made him [Christ] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (II Cor. 5:21). Christ was himself free from all stain of sin; but he bore our sins — he became sin... | |
 | Jonnie Wright - 2006 - 122 σελίδες
...'imo.it/or His lltgliem. 1935. 49 STUDY 1 : What is a Savior? "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Cor. 5:21 NLT) In order to have salvation, we must have a savior — someone who can take away the darkness of... | |
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For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 
