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2 Corinthians 5:18
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the, ministry of reconciliation;
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the, ministry of reconciliation;
Verse 18. _AND ALL THINGS_ ARE _OF GOD_] As the thorough conversion of the soul is compared to a new _creation_, and _creation_ is the proper work of an _all-wise, almighty Being_; then this total ch...
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, a...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11. Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets ro...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
So then, it is because we know the fear of the Lord that we keep on trying to persuade men, but to God we are already known through and through, and I hope that in your conscience, too, we will come t...
ALL THINGS. Greek. _ta panta_. Compare Acts 17:26; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6. HATH. Omit. RECONCILED. See Romans
The Christian Ministry one of Reconciliation 11. _the terror of the Lord_ i.e. "His to-be-dreaded judgment." Beza. This translation is due to the Geneva Version, following Beza and Calvin (Wiclif, _d...
_all things are of God_ Whether natural or spiritual. He is the Creator of heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, as well as of the work of redemption and of the new heart of man. Cf. chap. 2 Corinthians 1:21...
ΤᾺ ΔῈ ΠΆΝΤΑ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΑΤΑΛΛΆΞΑΝΤΟΣ ἩΜΑ͂Σ ἙΑΥΤΩ͂Ι ΔΙᾺ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ ΚΑῚ ΔΌΝΤΟΣ ἩΜΙ͂Ν Τ. Δ. Τ. Κ. This great change is not our own work: but _all things are_ FROM _God, who_ RECONCILED _us to Himse...
_A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-21:_ Regeneration and reconciliation are both necessary if we are to be with God in heaven. Both regeneration and reconciliation are in Christ and by Chris...
ΚΑΤΑΛΛΆΞΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΆΣΣΩ (G2644) вызывать перемену, обменивать, примирять. Предложное сочетание перфектно: "приводить в серьезным переменам" (МН, 298). Примирение означает, что сме...
AND ALL THINGS, &C.— _Now,_ &c....
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Fallibility of the Human Spirit (2 Corinthians 5:16-21) 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Ministry of Reconciliation Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 5:18-21. But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconci...
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; ALL [THE, GREEK] THINGS - all our privileges in this new creation...
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
5:18 that (f-24) Or simply 'of reconciliation.'...
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
PARAPHRASE. 'Since, therefore, it is holiness alone that is of importance, we, unlike our opponents, pay no attention to men's outward appearance and circumstances; even in the case of Christ, though...
ALL THINGS] i.e. all these changes. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION] the whole message of the gospel conveyed by preaching, teaching, the sacraments, and the example of Christians, assuring men of God...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD. — The presence of the article in the Greek indicates that he is speaking, not of the universe at large, but of the new things belonging to the new creation of which he had s...
CHAPTER 16 RECONCILIATION. 2 Corinthians 5:18 (R.V) "IF any man be in Christ," Paul has said, "there is a new creation; he is another man and lives in another world. But the new creation has the sam...
IN CHRIST ALL IS NEW, AS FROM GOD WHO RECONCILED THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN CHRIST....
τὰ δὲ πάντα κ. τ. λ.: _but all things, sc._, all these new things, _are of God_. See reff. St. Paul is especially anxious in this Epistle to trace up spiritual blessings to their true source; see chap...
CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:11 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived or died, w...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
VERSE 18 This new man lives a life completely planned and revealed by God. He sent Christ to die that we might be made friends again with God....
(12) And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (12) He commends the excellency of the ministry of the Gospel,...
_But all things (all these blessings of grace and glory) are of God, who hath sent his only divine Son, by whom he hath reconciled us to himself, by his incarnation and death for our redemption. (With...
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Chris...
18._All things are of God. _He means, all things that belong to Christ’s kingdom. “If we would be Christ’s, we must be regenerated by God. Now that is no ordinary gift.” He does not, therefore, speak...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD,.... A man's being brought into a Gospel church state is of God; the causing all old things to pass away, whether in the Jewish or Gentile world, is of God; the shaking of th...
And all things _are_ of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; Ver. 18. _And all things are of God_] He is both author and finish...
_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...
ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD; he is the author of this change and all its blessings. MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION; the treasure spoken of in chap 2 Corinthians 4:7, to be used for the benefit of lost men....
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is t...
AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD; this change, which is wrought in our hearts, is not of ourselves, but wrought in us by the great and mighty power of God: so 1 THESSALONIANS 1:13: _Which were born, not of b...
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;...
2 Corinthians 5:18 Now G1161 things G3956 of G1537 God G2316 who G3588 reconciled G2644 (G5660) us G2248
‘But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning t...
GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
_Comprehensive View of the Christian Ministry,_ 18-21. 2 Corinthians 5:18. AND to express in brief the whole Divine plan ALL THINGS (in this matter) ARE OF GOD, WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CH...
WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CHRIST (του καταλλαξαντος ημας εαυτω δια Χριστου). Here Paul uses one of his great doctrinal words, καταλλασσω, old word for exchanging coins. Διαλλασσω, to chan...
2 Corinthians 5:18 The Christian Priest. I. On the first two clauses of the text the third, of course, depends. "He has committed to us the ministry of reconciliation." St. Paul could have no concept...
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
ALL THIS IS DONE BY GOD. Paul gives the credit to God! For Paul, the _cross_ demonstrates both Christ's love and God's love!!! CHANGED US FROM ENEMIES. Note Christ's sacrifice changes us, not God! God...
_And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ._ HIGH DOCTRINE Whatsoever the Christian can desire is to be found in the “all things.” But lest even that should not be...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:18 RECONCILIATION. These verses outline (1) the _basis_ of Paul’s apostolic ministry of the new covenant (Paul’s own reconciliation to God through Christ); (2) it...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_And all things are of God._ All these new things were created and given by the gift and grace of God, _who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconcil...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 12:6; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 John 2:2;...
And [δ ε]. Better, Rev., but; as if anticipating a possible failure to discern the primary agency of God in this moral transformation. All things - all that are involved in this mighty change - are fr...
And all these new things are from God, considered under this very notion, as reconciling us — The world, 2 Corinthians 5:19, to himself....
That is, all those things forementioned belonging to this new spiritual creation, are of God, as the author and efficient cause of them. Learn, That God is the original author of the new creature, and...