2 Corinthians 5:21

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Cross References (27)

  • 1 Peter 2:22–24 (121)

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

  • 1 Peter 3:18 (109)

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to de

  • Romans 5:19 (96)

    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one

  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 (74)

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, a

  • Galatians 3:13 (74)

    Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is h

  • 1 John 3:5 (71)

    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

  • Philippians 3:9 (64)

    and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righte

  • Isaiah 53:4–6 (53)

    Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and affli

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17 (44)

    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  • Romans 10:3–4 (39)

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righte

  • Hebrews 4:15 (38)

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in eve

  • Romans 4:25 (37)

    He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

  • Romans 8:1–4 (36)

    Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • Romans 3:21–26 (35)

    But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

  • Romans 1:17 (32)

    For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The ri

  • Ephesians 5:2 (31)

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  • 1 John 2:1–2 (30)

    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advoca

  • Isaiah 53:9–12 (28)

    He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any

  • Jeremiah 33:16 (27)

    In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: T

  • Hebrews 7:26 (24)

    Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the h

  • Isaiah 45:24–25 (19)

    Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to H

  • Acts 3:14 (17)

    You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

  • Daniel 9:26 (16)

    Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is t

  • Daniel 9:24 (16)

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make

  • Zechariah 13:7 (15)

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepher

  • Luke 1:35 (15)

    The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy

  • Jeremiah 23:26 (3)

    How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of th