DEVOTION 14 GRACE IS REALLY NOT FREE AND DEVOTION 15 HOW TO RECEIVE GRACE

2 Corinthians 5:21Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

21 Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin[a] so that in Christ we could be right with God.

Footnotes:

1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 sin Or “an offering for sin.”

2. 2 Corinthians 5:21The Message (MSG)

   21 How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

 John 1:12English Standard Version (ESV)

12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

John 1:12Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

12 But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.