“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Revised Standard Version that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor). American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, by not counting people’s sins against them. He has trusted us with this message of reconciliation. Catholic Public Domain Version For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanu-el” (which means, God with us).
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.