2 Corinthians 5:18
2 Corinthians 5:16-20 The Message (MSG)
Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
2 Corinthians 5:18 King James Version (KJV)
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 New Century Version (NCV)
All this is from God. Through Christ, God made peace between us and himself, and God gave us the work of telling everyone about the peace we can have with him.
2 Corinthians 5:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 New International Version (NIV)
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ [making us acceptable to Him] and gave us the ministry of reconciliation [so that by our example we might bring others to Him]
2 Corinthians 5:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
2 Corinthians 5:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God.
