2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:18

And all things are of God; literally, but all things (in this "new creation") are from God . Who hath reconciled us; rather, who (by Christ's one offering of himself) reconciled us to himself . We were his enemies ( Romans 5:10 ; Romans 11:28 ), but, because he was still our Friend and Father, he brought us back to himself by Christ. The ministry of reconciliation. The ministry which teaches the reconciliation which he has effected for us. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:19

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. This and the many other passages of Scripture which always represent the atonement as the work of the blessed Trinity, and as being the result of the love, not of the wrath, of God, ought to have been a sufficient warning against the hideous extravagance of those forensic statements of the atonement which have disgraced almost a thousand years of theology ( Romans 5:10 ; 1 John 4:10 ). That God's purpose of mercy embraced all... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:18

And all things are of God - This refers particularly to the things in question, the renewing of the heart, and the influences by which Paul had been brought to a state of willingness to forsake all, and to devote his life to the self-denying labors involved in the purpose of making the Saviour known. He makes the statement general, however, showing his belief that not only these things were produced by God, but that all things were under his direction, and subject to his control. Nothing that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:19

To wit - (Greek, Ὡς ὄτι Hōs oti), namely This verse is designed further to state the nature of the plan of reconciliation, and of the message with which they were entrusted. It contains an abstract, or an epitome of the whole plan; and is one of those emphatic passages in which Paul compresses into a single sentence the substance of the whole plan of redemption.That God was in Christ - That God was by Christ (ἐν Χριστῷ en Christō), by means of Christ; by the agency, or mediatorship of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 5:18-20

2 Corinthians 5:18-20. And all things, &c. These new things are all of God, the author of them, considered in this view as reconciling us to himself Removing our carnal mind, which was enmity against him, and taking us into his favour; by Jesus Christ Through whose sacrifice and intercession, merits and Spirit, these blessings are obtained. And hath given to us His ministers, and especially to his apostles; the ministry of reconciliation The gospel ministry, offering... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

The power of love (5:11-6:13)Because Paul knows that he is accountable to Christ, he knows what it means to fear the Lord, and this makes him more diligent in his service. God knows that his motives are pure and he trusts that the Corinthians know also (11).In making these statements, Paul is not trying to write a recommendation for himself. He is trying to give his supporters reason to be bold in defending him against those who criticize him (12). They may have seen him display his feelings in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:18

all things . Greek. ta panta . Compare Acts 17:26 . Romans 11:36 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 . hath. Omit. reconciled. See Romans 6:10 , Jesus. Omit. hath given = gave. ministry . App-190 . reconciliation = the reconciliation, See 2 Corinthians 5:11 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:19

world . App-129 . not. App-105 . imputing . See Romans 2:3 ; Romans 4:6 . trespasses . App-128 . hath committed unto = placed in (Greek. en) . Compare 2 Corinthians 4:7 . word . App-121 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:18

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation.All things are of God ... The marvelous blessings "in Christ" are of God, as Paul would explain a moment later, because God was in Christ, Christ being called GOD no less than ten times in the Greek New Testament. It was the Second Person of the Godhead, however, who entered earth life as a man, bore the sins of the whole world and offered himself upon Calvary as a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:19

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.GOD IN CHRISTGod was in Christ ... The English Revised Version (1885), the RSV and others revised the punctuation of this verse, omitting the comma after Christ, doing so for the sole purpose of avoiding the dogmatic affirmation that "God was in Christ"; but, even as the verse is allowed to stand without the comma, the meaning... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 5:18-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:19

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:19

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