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15 For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision,(A) but only a new creation.[a]

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  1. 6:15 New creation: or “new creature”; cf. 2 Cor 5:17.

15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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15 abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person[a] in place of the two, thus establishing peace,(A)

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  1. 2:15 One new person: a corporate body, the Christian community, made up of Jews and Gentiles, replacing ancient divisions; cf. Rom 1:16.

15 by setting aside in his flesh(A) the law with its commands and regulations.(B) His purpose was to create in himself one(C) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

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18 Remember not[a] the events of the past,
    the things of long ago consider not;
19 See, I am doing something new!
    Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
In the wilderness I make a way,
    in the wasteland, rivers.
20 Wild beasts honor me,
    jackals and ostriches,
For I put water in the wilderness
    and rivers in the wasteland
    for my chosen people to drink,
21 The people whom I formed for myself,
    that they might recount my praise.

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  1. 43:18 Remember not: God’s new act of delivering Israel from the Babylonian captivity is presented as so great a marvel as to eclipse even the memory of the exodus from Egypt. This comparison of the return from Babylon to the exodus from Egypt recurs throughout Second Isaiah (cf. 41:17–20; 43:18–21; 48:20–21; 49:8–13; 51:9–11).

18 “Forget the former things;(A)
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(B)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(C)
    and streams in the wasteland.(D)
20 The wild animals(E) honor me,
    the jackals(F) and the owls,
because I provide water(G) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21     the people I formed(H) for myself(I)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(J)

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The one who sat on the throne[a] said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then he said, “Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true.”(A)

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  1. 21:5 The one…on the throne: God himself; cf. Rev 4:1–11.

He who was seated on the throne(A) said, “I am making everything new!”(B) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”(C)

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