Updated July 25, 2026
What this verse means
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 5:17
It feels like the past has a grip on the you of today, but you're already someone newly begun. You can peel off yesterday's name tag. Here and now is your place.
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