It is true that we are new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians:5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

—2 Corinthians:5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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