2 Corinthians 5:21

The Ministry of Reconciliation

²¹ _q For our sake he made him to be sin _r who knew no sin, so that in him we might become _s the righteousness of God.

1. Cross References
   Romans 8:3
   For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.
   Galatians 3:13
   Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree" -
   Romans 4:25
   Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:22
   He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 1:17
   For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith.
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.