Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 5:17
You were saved when you believed in Jesus, but you were transformed when you realized He believed in you.
— Kris Vallotton
Don't waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.
— Irenaeus of Lyons
Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish. All the bitterness and disagreements will vanish, and the only thing that lives forever is love.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
— Charles Dickens
Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.
— Irenaeus of Lyons
If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.
— Pope Benedict XVI
I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.
— Shirley Chisholm
God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.
— Max Lucado
God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.
— Mark Driscoll
Every circumstance in life, no matter how crooked and distorted and ugly it appears to be, if it is reacted to in love and forgiveness and obedience to your will can be transformed.
— Hannah Hurnard
If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them they could perceive what they have made of us.
— Albert Camus