2 Corinthians 5:21

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 · World English Bible

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From this verse, the Word reaches

Fulfilled hereIsaiah 53:6

'The LORD laid on him the iniquity of us all': the great exchange.

“All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

The same threadGalatians 3:13

Christ became a curse for us, redeeming us from the curse of the law.

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,””

A pattern ofLeviticus 16:21-22

The scapegoat bore the people's sins and carried them away: a picture of the sinless One becoming sin for us.

“Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.”

That reaches back to this verse

Fulfilled here (this verse)Isaiah 53:6

The LORD laid on Him the iniquity of us all: God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us.

“All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”