2COR 5:19 Parallel Verse View

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ULT namely, that God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and having placed in us the word of reconciliation.

UST Here is how that works: God works through Christ to enable every person to be with him. In doing so, he forgives people for what they have done wrong. Further, he commissions us to tell others about how they can be with God.

BSB 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.

BLB how that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning their trespasses to them, and having put into us the word of reconciliation.

AICNT as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

OEB To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offences against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.

WEBBE 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.

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

MSG ^(16-20)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.

NET In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.

LSV how that God was in Christ—reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

FBV For God was in Christ bringing the world back from hostility to friendship with him, not counting anyone's sins against them, and giving us this message to change his enemies into his friends.

TCNT namely, that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's trespasses against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

T4T That is, he sent us(exc) to tell them that when Christ died, God was making it possible for everyone [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that we believers have done. The message that God has given to us to tell people is how we can have a peaceful relationship with him.

LEB namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

BBE That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

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Wymth We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.

ASV 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.

DRA For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins; and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

YLT 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,

Drby how that [fn]God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.

5.19 Elohim

RV 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.

Wbstr To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.

KJB-1769 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.
(To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath/has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. )

KJB-1611 [fn]To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world vnto himselfe, not imputing their trespasses vnto them, and hath committed vnto vs the word of reconciliation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

5:19 Gr. put in vs.

Bshps For God was in Christe, reconciling the worlde to hym selfe, not imputyng their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement.
(For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputyng their sins unto them, and hath/has committed to us the preaching of the atonement.)

Gnva For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world to himselfe, not imputing their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the word of reconciliation.
(For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world to himself, not imputing their sins unto them, and hath/has committed to us the word of reconciliation. )

Cvdl For God was in Christ, and reconcyled the worlde vnto himselfe, and counted not ther synnes vnto them, and amonge vs hath he set vp the worde of ye attonemet.
(For God was in Christ, and reconcyled the world unto himself, and counted not there sins unto them, and among us hath/has he set up the word of ye/you_all attonemet.)

TNT For god was in Christ and made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym sylfe and imputed not their synnes vnto them: and hath committed to vs the preachynge of the atonment.
(For god was in Christ and made agrement bitwene the world and him sylfe and imputed not their sins unto them: and hath/has committed to us the preaching of the atonment. )

Wycl And God was in Crist, recounselynge to hym the world, not rettynge to hem her giltes, and puttide in vs the word of recounselyng.
(And God was in Christ, recounselynge to him the world, not rettynge to them her giltes, and put in us the word of recounselyng.)

Luth Denn GOtt war in Christo und versöhnete die Welt mit ihm selber und rechnete ihnen ihre Sünden nicht zu und hat unter uns aufgerichtet das Wort von der Versöhnung.
(Because God what/which in Christo and versöhnete the world with him selber and rechnete to_them their/her Sünden not to and has under us/to_us/ourselves aufgerichtet the Wort from the/of_the Versöhnung.)

ClVg quoniam quidem Deus erat in Christo mundum reconcilians sibi, non reputans illis delicta ipsorum, et posuit in nobis verbum reconciliationis.[fn]
(quoniam indeed God was in Christo the_world reconcilians sibi, not/no reputans illis delicta ipsorum, and put in us the_word reconciliationis. )

5.19 Deus erat. Per hoc intelligitur Pater esse in Filio, et Filius in Patre, quia una est eorum substantia. Ibi est unitas, ubi nulla diversitas: et ideo alter in altero est, quia et imago et similitudo eorum una est.

5.19 God was. Per this intelligitur Pater esse in Filio, and Son in Patre, because una it_is their substantia. There it_is unitas, where nulla diversitas: and ideo alter in altero it_is, because and imago and similitudo their una it_is.

UGNT ὡς ὅτι Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς.
(hōs hoti Theos aʸn en Ⱪristōi kosmon katallassōn heautōi, maʸ logizomenos autois ta paraptōmata autōn, kai themenos en haʸmin ton logon taʸs katallagaʸs.)

SBL-GNT ὡς ὅτι θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς.
(hōs hoti theos aʸn en Ⱪristōi kosmon katallassōn heautōi, maʸ logizomenos autois ta paraptōmata autōn, kai themenos en haʸmin ton logon taʸs katallagaʸs.)

TC-GNT ὡς ὅτι Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμενος [fn]ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς.
(hōs hoti Theos aʸn en Ⱪristōi kosmon katallassōn heautōi, maʸ logizomenos autois ta paraptōmata autōn, kai themenos en haʸmin ton logon taʸs katallagaʸs. )

5:19 εν ¦ — PCK

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Message of Reconciliation

Reconciliation is a term found throughout the New Testament. In Romans 5:1-11, Paul concentrates on the cost of God’s reconciling work in the death of his son. Colossians 1:15-20 is a hymn in praise of the cosmic scope of reconciliation, focused on the exalted Lord who is ruler of all. In Ephesians 2:11-22, the emphasis is on the reconciliation that embraces both Jews and Gentiles to form a united church with all hostility broken down.

Paul’s fullest exposition of reconciliation comes in a discussion of the meaning of Jesus’ death in 2 Corinthians 5:18-21. Earlier, Paul had reminded the Corinthians of the centrality of the cross (1 Cor 15:3-5) but had not elaborated much at that point on the meaning of that saving event. Now he explains what Christ’s death on the cross means: Christ identified himself with human sin so that sinners might be restored to their family relationship with God. This reconciliation turns enemies into friends. The cost of this exchange is that “God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ” (2 Cor 5:21).

With the resurrection of Jesus and his triumph over death, a new world is born—a new era in which God’s people have the promise of eternal fellowship with him (see 2 Cor 4:14–5:10). Those who have trusted in Christ for salvation have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, the guarantee of future salvation (5:5). They know that God has accepted them and will welcome them forever.

Those who have been reconciled to God are called to participate in the ministry of reconciliation, helping people find their way back to God (2 Cor 5:18-21). And because believers have experienced this reconciliation, they are to pursue opportunities for reconciliation in their interpersonal relationships as well (see Matt 5:24; 18:15; Rom 12:18).

Passages for Further Study

Ezek 45:15; Dan 9:24; Matt 5:24; 18:15; Acts 10:36; Rom 5:1-2; 8:6-9, 15-16; 12:18; 15:13; 2 Cor 5:18-21; 13:11; Eph 2:11-18; Col 1:19-22; Heb 2:17

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ὡς ὅτι

how that

Here, the phrase namely, that introduces more information about the “ministry of this reconciliation” that Paul mentioned in 5:18. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces more information or further explanation. Alternate translation: [that is, that] or [and by this I mean that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ & καταλλάσσων

God was in Christ & reconciling

Here, in Christ could modify: (1) reconciling, so that God was reconciling by means of or through Christ. In this case, Paul is saying something about how God accomplishes the reconciliation. Alternate translation: [in Christ God was reconciling] (2) was, so that God was in Christ, and he was reconciling while he was acting in Christ. In this case, Paul is saying something about the relationship between Christ and God, namely that Christ is God. Alternate translation: [God was in Christ, reconciling]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Θεὸς & ἐν Χριστῷ

God & in Christ

Here Paul uses the spatial metaphor in Christ to describe the union of believers with Christ. In this case, being in Christ, or united to Christ, explains the means by which God accomplishes the “reconciliation.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that indicates that God “reconciles” people by uniting them to Christ. Alternate translation: [God, by uniting people to Christ,] or [God by means of Christ]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

κόσμον

/the/_world

Here, the word world could refer to: (1) the people in the world. Alternate translation: [all people] (2) the world as a whole, including people, places, and things. Alternate translation: [everything he created]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς

not reckoning ˱to˲_them the transgressions ˱of˲_them and /having/_put in us the word ¬the ˱of˲_reconciliation

Here Paul may have intended that: (1) not counting and having placed both introduce ways that God was reconciling. Alternate translation: [and he did that by not counting their trespasses against them and by placing in us the word of reconciliation] (2) not counting further defines reconciling, and having placed introduces an action parallel to reconciling. Alternate translation: [that is, not counting their trespasses against them, and he was placing in us the word or reconciliation]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν

not reckoning ˱to˲_them the transgressions ˱of˲_them

Here Paul speaks as if God could keep a “count” of people’s trespasses, which means that he would keep track of everything that a person did wrong in order to condemn them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to keeping track of or condemning people for what they have done wrong. Alternate translation: [not keeping track of their trespasses] or [not using their trespasses to condemn them]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν

˱to˲_them the transgressions ˱of˲_them

Here, the words their and them refer to the people who live in the world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit to whom these pronouns refer. Alternate translation: [the trespasses of the people in the world … them]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν

/having/_put in us

Here Paul speaks as if the word of reconciliation were an object that God would “place in” Paul and those with him. He means that God has called or commissioned them to proclaim this word of reconciliation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [having given to us] or [having called us to proclaim]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν λόγον

the word

Here, the word word represents what someone says in words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the message] or [the news]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς

the word ¬the ˱of˲_reconciliation

Here Paul uses the possessive form to describe a word about reconciliation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the word about reconciliation] or [the word concerning reconciliation]

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς καταλλαγῆς

¬the ˱of˲_reconciliation

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of reconciliation, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “reconcile.” Alternate translation: [about how God reconciles the world]

Parallel 2COR 5:19