2 Corinthians 5:18

New International Reader's Version

All this is from God. He brought us back to himself through Christ’s death on the cross. And he has given us the task of bringing others back to him through Christ.

Cross References

Isaiah 52:7

What a beautiful sight it is to see messengers coming with good news! How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains with a message about peace! How wonderful it is when they bring the good news that we are saved! How wonderful when they say to Zion, “Your God rules!”

Isaiah 57:19

Then they will praise me. I will give perfect peace to those who are far away and those who are near. And I will heal them,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 45:15

Also give one sheep from every flock of 200 sheep. Get them from the grasslands of Israel that receive plenty of water. Use them for grain offerings, burnt offerings and friendship offerings. They will be used to pay for the sin of the people,” announces the Lord and King.

Daniel 9:24

“The Lord has appointed 70 ‘weeks’ for your people and your holy city. During that time, acts against God’s law will be stopped. Sin will come to an end. And the evil things people do will be paid for. Then everyone will always do what is right. Everything that has been made known in visions and prophecies will come true. And the Most Holy Room in the temple will be anointed.

Leviticus 6:30

But suppose some of the blood of a sin offering is brought into the tent of meeting. And that blood is brought into the Holy Room to pay for sin. Then that sin offering must not be eaten. It must be burned up.

Luke 10:5

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘May this house be blessed with peace.’

Luke 24:47

His followers will preach in his name. They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven. People from every nation will hear it, beginning at Jerusalem.

John 3:16

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

John 3:27

John replied, “A person can receive only what God gives them from heaven.

Acts 10:36

You know the message God sent to the people of Israel. It is the good news of peace through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.

Romans 11:36

All things come from him. All things are directed by him. All things are for his praise. May God be given the glory forever! Amen.

Romans 5:1

We have been made right with God because of our faith. Now we have peace with him because of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of what God has done, you belong to Christ Jesus. He has become God’s wisdom for us. He makes us right with God. He makes us holy and sets us free.

1 Corinthians 11:12

Woman came from man, and man is born from woman. But everything comes from God.

1 Corinthians 12:6

There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.

1 Corinthians 3:5

After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.

1 Corinthians 8:6

But for us there is only one God. He is the Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord. He is Jesus Christ. All things came because of him, and we live because of him.

Colossians 1:22

But because Christ died, God has brought you back to himself. Christ’s death has made you holy in God’s sight. So now you don’t have any flaw. You are free from blame.

Hebrews 2:17

So he had to be made like people, fully human in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create shadows that move. But the Father does not change like these shadows.

1 John 2:2

He gave his life to pay for our sins. But he not only paid for our sins. He also paid for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:10

Here is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins.