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But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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God is the Initiator
Commentators unanimously stress that reconciliation is entirely God's initiative. The verse shows that God, the offended party, did not wait for humanity to seek Him. Instead, out of love, He designed and executed the plan to restore the broken relationship through Christ. As scholar Albert Barnes notes, the change happens in us, not in God's fundamental character.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And all things are of God (2 Corinthians 5:18). This refers particularly to the matters in question: the renewing of the heart…
Who reconciled us to himself through Christ (του καταλλαξαντος ημας εαυτω δια Χριστου). Here Paul uses one of his great doctrinal …
19th Century
Anglican
And all things are of God.—The presence of the article in the Greek indicates that he is speaking, not of the universe at…
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Baptist
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new. And all things are of G…
“All this is from God” looks back to the new attitudes of v.16 and the new creation of v.17. God is as surely the author of the second creation as …
16th Century
Protestant
All things are of God. He means, all things that belong to Christ’s kingdom. “If we would be Christ’s, we must be regenerated by God. Now …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all things are of God A man's being brought into a Gospel church state is of God; the causing all old things to …
The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely se…
13th Century
Catholic
After discussing the saints’ reward and how they prepared themselves to receive it, the Apostle now discusses the cause of both. He addresses three…
