2 Corinthians 5:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committedc unto us the word of reconciliation. ”

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To wit - (Greek, Ὡς ὄτι Hōs oti), namely This verse is designed further to state the nature of the plan of reconciliation, and of the message with which they were entrusted. It contains a...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath (p) committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (p) Used our labour and travai...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

world . App-129. not. App-105. imputing . See Romans 2:3 ; Romans 4:6 . trespasses . App-128. hath committed unto . placed in (Greek. en) . Compare 2 Corinthians 4:7 . word . App-121....
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. God was in Christ. Some take this as meaning simply — God reconciled the world to himself in Christ; but the meaning is fuller and more comprehensive — first, that God was in Ch...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2022 THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 . God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. That God was in Christ - This is th...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To wit, that God was in Christ,— Namely, &c. Doddridge. For God was in Christ, &c. Heylin.
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. God was in Christ, reconcil...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 i...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world. — Better, perhaps, How that it was God who was reconciling in Christ a world unto Himself. Both “God” and “world” are, in the Greek, without...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 RECONCILIATION. 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (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 ha...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Constrained by the Love of Christ 2 Corinthians 5:11-19 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 o...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Ma...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 Chri...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself ,.... This expresses and explains the subject matter of the ministration of the Gospel, especially that part of it which concerns ou...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 19. That God was in Christ...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministry of the Apostles. A. D. 57. 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; by world, here, some would understand all mankind, and by reconciling, no more than making God reconcilable; but this proceedeth from an...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 5:1 .—Flow of thought quite continuous from 2 Corinthians 4:18 . For ( 2 Corinthians 4:15 ).… For (17).… For ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ).… For (2).… For...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

world Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:8 ). tresspasses Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 God in Christ. I. "God was in Christ." In the Son of Man, as He loves best to call Himself, who bows His head in death, who suffers the common lot of humanity, that very circum...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 par...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-47 ). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation ( 2 Cor...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The ministry of reconciliation:
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:1 ; 1 John 2:2 ; 1 John 4:10 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:18 ; Isaiah 43:25 ; Isaiah 44:22 ; John 14:10 ; John 14:11 ; John 14:20 ; John 17:23 ; Matthew 1:23 ; Psalms 32:1...
2 Corinthians 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Namely — The sum of which is, God — The whole Godhead, but more eminently God the Father. Was in Christ, reconciling the world — Which was before at enmity with God. To himself — So taking away tha...

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes