Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 2 Corinthians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 PNT -> Commentary on 5:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:17 TSK -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Entry for 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Character; Creature; Jesus, The Christ; Regeneration; Righteous; Salvation TTT -> Character of Saints; Creation; New Birth, The; Repentance; Reward of Saints, The; Union With Christ EBD -> Regeneration; Sin UTM -> Devotional using 5:17 UTM -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 TV -> Devotional using 5:17 5:17 - [In Context] What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:18 JFB -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:18 PNT -> Commentary on 5:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:18 TSK -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Entry for 5:18 WEN -> Notes on 5:18 NTB -> Atonement; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ (continued); Minister, Christian; Propitiation; Reconciliation; Salvation; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Anger of God, The; Atonement, The; Reconciliation with God EBD -> Reconcilation 5:18 - [In Context] All this newness of life is from God, who brought us back to himself through what Christ did. And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:19 JFB -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:19 PNT -> Commentary on 5:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:19 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:19 TSK -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Entry for 5:19 WEN -> Notes on 5:19 NTB -> Atonement; God (continued); Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Justification; Minister, Christian; Propitiation; Reconciliation; Salvation; Sin TTT -> Anger of God, The; Atonement, The; Gospel, The; Pardon; Reconciliation with God EBD -> Reconcilation TV -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 TV -> Devotional using 5:19 5:19 - [In Context] For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:20 JFB -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:20 PNT -> Commentary on 5:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:20 TSK -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Entry for 5:20 WEN -> Notes on 5:20 NTB -> Ambassadors; God (continued); Minister, Christian; Reconciliation; Salvation; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Atonement, The; Call of God, The; Ministers; Reconciliation with God; Titles and Names of Ministers EBD -> Ambassador; Apostle; Reconcilation TV -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 TV -> Devotional using 5:20 5:20 - [In Context] We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:21 JFB -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:21 PNT -> Commentary on 5:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:21 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:21 TSK -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Entry for 5:21 WEN -> Notes on 5:21 NTB -> God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Justification; Offerings; Reconciliation; Righteous TTT -> Atonement, The; Christ, Character of; Justification before God; Righteousness; Righteousness Imputed; Sin; Sin-offering; Union With Christ EBD -> Covenant; Death; Justification UTM -> Devotional using 5:21 UTM -> Devotional using 5:21 SPG -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 TV -> Devotional using 5:21 5:21 - [In Context] For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.