2 Corinthians 5:18

WEB

¹⁸But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

KJV

¹⁸And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

BSB

¹⁸All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

FBV

¹⁸God did all this by changing us from enemies into friends through Christ. God gave us this same work of changing his enemies into his friends.

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Messiah’s Ministry of Reconciliation (Selected Scriptures) - Grace to You
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Extra References

Colossians 1:20-21

²⁰and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

²¹You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,

2 Corinthians 5:19-20

¹⁹namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Romans 5:10-11

¹⁰For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

¹¹Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Ephesians 2:16-17

¹⁶and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it. ¹⁷He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

Romans 5:1

¹Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

1 John 4:10

¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice^[+] for our sins.

Romans 11:36

³⁶For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

1 John 2:2

²And he is the atoning sacrifice^[+] for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

¹⁶For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. ¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

John 3:16

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born^[+] Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.