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, &c.] As the salt waters of the sea, when they are strained through the earth, they are sweet in the rivers; so (saith one) the waters of majesty and justice in God, though terrible, yet being strained and derived through Christ, they are sweet and delightful.
Reconciling the world] What the apostle meaneth by this, see his own exposition. See Trapp on " Rom 11:15 "