LISTEN
NASB:
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
NIV:
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.
Observations:
Anyone can be in Christ.
The NASB says anyone in Christ is a new creature, and the NIV, slightly different, says new creation.
The old has gone from anyone in Christ.
New things have come for anyone in Christ.
Takeaways:
We have the opportunity via the gift of salvation through faith to be transformed by being in Christ.
If we are in Christ, we become an entirely new creation. The old self with its sinful ways has passed away, and a new being, built with the Spirit of God, is who we become.
