“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!”
2 Corinthians 5:17
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Connection with Noah's flood
Paul's new creation echoes the flood: the old order drowned and a new one brought up out of the water. Peter also read the flood as a picture of baptism (1 Peter 3:20–21).
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Cross-References
In the beginning God created — if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
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