Nova criatura
Em Cristo somos nova criação. O velho se foi, tudo se fez novo. A transformação não é reforma — é renascimento completo pelo poder do Espírito Santo.
Novas criaturas em Cristo
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criação é. As coisas velhas passaram e eis que tudo se fez novo. A transformação é radical e total.
That’s why anyone who is in Christ is a new being—what was old is gone, the new has come!
Circumcision or uncircumcision doesn’t matter—what matters is that we’re created brand new!
We’re the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
The one who sits on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" He told me, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
Despir o velho e vestir o novo
Somos chamados a despir o velho homem e vestir o novo, criado segundo Deus em justiça e santidade provenientes da verdade.
So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires! Let yourselves be remade spiritually and mentally, and put on your new nature that God created so you will be like him, right and holy in the truth.
Don’t lie to each other, since you’ve discarded your old self and what you used to do, and put on your new self that is always being made more like your Creator, understanding better who he really is.
Through baptism we were buried with him in death so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father we too can live a new life. If we’ve become one with him in dying like he did, then we’ll be raised like him too.
We know that our old self was crucified with him to dispose of the dead body of sin so that we wouldn’t be enslaved by sin any longer. Anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
I’ve been crucified with Christ— so it’s no longer I who lives, but it is Christ living in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me, and who gave himself for me.
Coração e Espírito novos
Deus promete dar um coração novo e um espírito novo. Pelo novo nascimento somos feitos participantes da natureza divina.
I will give them single-minded commitment and a whole new spirit. I will take away their hard-hearted attitude and replace it with one that is loving. This way they can follow my rules, keep my regulations, and do what I say. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "Unless you are reborn, you can’t experience God’s kingdom."
Through these promises you can share in the divine nature, being rid of the corruption caused by this world’s evil desires.
But don’t dwell on the past; don’t concentrate on what happened back then. Just look at something new I’m going to do now! In fact it’s started already. Can’t you see it? Yes, I’m making a way through the wilderness, rivers in the desert!