2 Corinthians 5:21

God ¹  made the one who did not know sin ²  to be sin for us, so that in him ³  we would become the righteousness of God.

Isa 45:24,25; Isa 53:4-6,9-12; Isa 53:9; Isa 53:11; Jer 23:26; Jer 33:16; Da 9:24; Da 9:26; Zec 13:7; Lu 1:35; Ro 1:17; Ro 3:21-26; Ro 5:19; Ro 8:1-4; Ro 8:3; Ro 10:3,4; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17; Ga 3:13; Eph 5:2; Php 3:9; Heb 7:26; 1Pe 2:22-24; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jo 2:1,2; 1Jo 3:5

¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

³ sn That is, “in Christ.”