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17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
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All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
19 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.
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that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
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