 | Theodore Gerhardt Tappert - 1959 - 742 pagini
...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 pagini
...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 pagini
...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 pagini
...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 pagini
...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,...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 ourselves... | |
 | Walter Kasper - 1977 - 324 pagini
...rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich' (2 Cor 8.9l; 'For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,...that in him we might become the righteousness of God' (2 Cor 5.21l. The First Letter of Peter brings out the connexion of the two-stage Christology with... | |
 | Robert H. Gundry - 2005 - 284 pagini
...'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... | |
 | E. P. Sanders - 1977 - 650 pagini
...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 pagini
...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... | |
 | Richard B. Hays - 2005 - 492 pagini
...since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat 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. As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says,... | |
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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. 
