He Made Him Who Knew No Sin
Camila Farah
That we might be made the righteousness of god in him.
The words are in the first instance an assertion of the absolute sinlessness of christ. Who must have been consumed by the divine justice had not this atonement been made for our sins. The greek order of the words is more emphatic. For us who knew no righteousness who were inwardly and outwardly nothing but sin.
A verse commonly misinterpreted by cultists is 2 corinthians 5 21 where the apostle paul tells us that god made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf so that we might become the righteousness of god in him nasb emphasis added. Based on this verse for example the christadelphians argue that jesus had to engage in self redemption before. 2 corinthians 5 21. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of god mdash 2nd corinthians 5 21 esv does it mean that he was made to be sin incarnate jus.
21 for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin the for is omitted in many of the best mss but there is clearly a sequence of thought such as it expresses. 21 he made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf so that we might become the righteousness of god in him. He made christ who knew no sin to judicially be sin on our behalf so that in him we would become the righteousness of god that is we would be made acceptable to him and placed in a right relationship with him by his gracious lovingkindness. Darby bible translation him who knew not sin he has made sin for us that we might become god s righteousness in him.
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