Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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Methodius of Olympus
AD 311
To-day, the most holy assembly, bearing upon its shoulders the heavenly joy that was for generations expected, imparts it to the race of man. "Old things are passed away".
With good right, therefore, has the sacred trumpet sounded, "Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new."