2 Corinthians 5:19

2 Corinthians 5:19. to wit (to be more particular) that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses. This shews conclusively, as already said, that the reconciliation of the preceding verse means the removal on God's part of His just ground of offence against us

His not “reckoning” to men their “trespasses.” This is here said to take place “in Christ;” though in what sense, is reserved for the last verse, But a noteworthy change is made in the form of expression. In 2 Corinthians 5:18 it was that “God reconciled us,” meaning, once for all by that propitiatory death of His Son, in which He received righteous satisfaction for our “trespasses” (see Romans 5:10; Hebrews 9:26): here, it is “ God is in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself,” expressing the continued reconciliation of individual souls to Himself, as each successively welcomes this reconciliation, made once for all on the cross, as the appointed way of his personal reconciliation to God,

and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation the glad tidings to proclaim to men.