2 Corinthians 5:17-19 So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things. ¹⁸ All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation— ¹⁹ how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.