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namely, 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.
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God is the Initiator
Commentators unanimously highlight that God, the offended party, initiated reconciliation. The verse shows God actively working 'in Christ' to restore the relationship with a world alienated from Him. This demonstrates the depth of His love, as He, in the words of one scholar, 'sought that the world should be reconciled' when humanity had no plan or desire for it.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To wit (Greek, wv oti), namely. This verse is designed further to state the nature of the plan of reconciliation and of …
To wit, that (ως οτ). Latin puts it quoniam quidem. It is an unclassical idiom, but occurs in the papyri and inscriptions (…
19th Century
Anglican
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world.—Better, perhaps, that it was God who was reconciling in Christ…
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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
God was in Christ. Some take this as meaning simply — God reconciled the world to himself in Christ; but the meaning is fuller an…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself
This expresses and …
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…
