Today, we're pleased to share with you an audio essay entitled Five Passages to Read on New Year's Day, read by five of Crossways' new audio Bible narrators, including Jackie Hill Perry, Ray Ortland, Kristen Getty, Robert Smith, and Michael Reeves.

From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away.

Behold, the new has come.

All this is from God, who through Christ,

reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself,

not counting their trespasses against them,

and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.

We implore you.

On behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

For our sake, he made him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.

His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

The Lord has made known His salvation.

He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the House of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the earth.

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