17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
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.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Verse 21 in the NLT says:
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Verse 21 in The Message says:
How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.
Verse 21 in the NIV says:
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
Verse 21 in The Amplified Bible says:
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].
Verse 21 in The English Standard Version says:
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Verse 21 in the Darby version says:
Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.
Verse 21 in The Living Bible says:
For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us.
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