2 Corinthians 5:21
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Bible text
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.
Text: World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon). The World English Bible is in the Public Domain. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org.. Licence: Public domain (World English Bible). Source: ebible.org. Footnotes and cross references are left out; the rights holder has not reviewed or endorsed this display.
Statistics
- 46 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 46 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #47 Rank? Rank 47 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 29,023 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
46 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
- Jesusvia pronoun
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
- Vers of the Day Website Data: 22 uses
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 10 uses
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 8 uses
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive: 5 uses
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 use
Uses?
46 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jul 19, 2026
- Cited as
- 2. Korinther 5,21
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2026 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2026-07-19 (7. Sonntag nach Trinitatis)
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 16, 2026
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2026
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 30, 2025
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 21, 2024
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Feb 14, 2024
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Nov 20, 2023
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2022
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 15, 2022
- Cited as
- 2.Korinther 5,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Samstag, 15. Januar 2022
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2022-01-15
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 29, 2021
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 21, 2020
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Nov 20, 2019
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jul 28, 2018
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2018
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 11, 2018
- Cited as
- 2.Korinther 5,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2018-01-11
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- May 21, 2016
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 2, 2016
- Cited as
- 2.Korinther 5,21
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 2. Mai 2016
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2016-05-02
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Nov 20, 2015
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2014
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 21, 2012
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Nov 20, 2011
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2010
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 21, 2008
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Nov 20, 2007
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Mar 29, 2006
- Cited as
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Place of origin
- Texas
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:2CO.005.021
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 130, published Nov 9, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R9 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary