The Ministry of Reconciliation

16 From now on, then, we do not know[a] anyone in a purely human way.[b] Even if we have known[c] Christ in a purely human way,[d] yet now we no longer know[e] Him in this way. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;(A) old things have passed away, and look,(B) new things[f] have come.(C) 18 Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Or regard
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Lit anyone according to the flesh
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Or have regarded
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Lit Christ according to the flesh
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Or regard
  6. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Other mss read look, all new things

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