^{17 Ref} Wherefore if any man is in Christ, `he is' a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

^{18 Ref} But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

^{19 Ref} to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.