2 Corinthians 5:19

that is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging their offenses to them, and he has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

In Context

18And all these things are from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

20Therefore, we act as ambassadors for Christ, as though God entreated through us; we beseech in Christ’s stead, be reconciled to God:

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Cross References

Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel, which, when translated, is, God with us.

John 14:20In that clay you shall know that I am in my Father, arid you in me, and I in you.

Romans 3:24yet may be justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Romans 11:15For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the reception of them be, but life from the dead?

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not… Read the whole commentary →

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