2 Corinthians 5:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”
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“that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:19 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 9:16It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.
- Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
- John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
- Romans 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 4:6And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Romans 11:15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
- Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- 1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 John 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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