2 Corinthians 5:17. (KJV) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
(20th Century)Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a
new being! His old life has passed away;
a new life has begun!
(Conybeare) Whosoever, then, is in Christ, is a new creation; his
old being has passed away,
and behold, all has become new.
(Greber) ...he thereby becomes an entirely new creature; his old
self is gone, and a new
one has taken its place.
(Way) Whoso hath passed into that New Life of Messiah, he is
created anew:
the old life is passed away; lo, it has become new!
(Laubach) If a man is in Christ, he is created new. The man he
was has passed
away, and, behold, a new man has been created!
(Living Bible) When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a
brand new person
inside. He is not the same any more. A new life has begun!
(Phillips) ...he becomes a new person altogether--the past is
finished and gone,
everything has become fresh and new.
(MacEvilly) ...he has received a new existence....
(Weiss) ...he has experienced a new creation, according to which
his entire old being
has ceased to exist and everything has become new.
Confession:
I am in Christ!
I am in union with Him!
My spirit is in union with Him!
I have entered into the New Life of the Messiah.
The same Life that is in Him is in my spirit.
I have been created anew.
I am a new being, a new self.
My old being, my old self has gone out of existence.
I have received a new existence.
My old life has passed away.
My old man has passed away.
The man I was has passed away, and I have become a new man.
I am a new man inside, a new person altogether.
My old self has gone, a new one has taken its place.
My past has finished and gone; everything has become fresh and new.