13 Bible Verses About New Creation
The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). These verses declare what conversion actually is - not self-improvement but new creation: a new heart, a new standing, a new life begun by the same God who said "let there be light."
So if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of a new creation. The old things have gone, and look, new things have come into being.
For circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; the one thing that matters is a new creation.
I will give you a new heart, and I will place a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of stone out of your bodies and give you a heart of flesh.
and have put on the new self, which is being made new, growing in knowledge, in the image of its Creator.
and to put on the new self, created in God’s likeness, in the righteousness and holiness that come from the truth.
I am no longer the one who lives; Christ lives in me. Whatever life I still have in the flesh is a life lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and handed himself over for my sake.
So through baptism we were buried with him into death, in order that, as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a life that is new.
Do not lie to one another. You have stripped off the old self and its ways and have put on the new self, which is being made new, growing in knowledge, in the image of its Creator.
Do not let this present age press you into its mold, but be changed through and through as your mind is made new. Then you will be able to test and recognize the will of God: what is good and pleasing and perfect.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people God has claimed as his own, so that you may declare the great deeds of the one who called you out of the darkness into his amazing light.
See, I am about to do something new; even now it is sprouting. Do you not recognize it? I will cut a road through the wilderness and make rivers flow in the barren land.
For we are God’s own work. In Christ Jesus he created us for good works, which God made ready in advance so that we would live our lives doing them.
And the one who sits on the throne said, “See, I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write it down, because these words can be trusted, and they are true.”
Common questions
What does the Bible mean by a new creation?
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of a new creation. The old things have gone, and look, new things have come into being.” Conversion is not self-improvement but new life: a new heart and a new standing before God.
Which Bible verses talk about being a new creation?
2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15, Ezekiel 36:26, and Colossians 3:10 are the clearest. They describe God giving a new heart and remaking the believer in his own image.
What changes when you become a new creation?
Ezekiel 36:26 promises a new heart and a new spirit in place of a heart of stone. You are given a new standing (forgiven, accepted) and a new life that is being renewed in the likeness of Christ (Colossians 3:10).