^{16 Ref} Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

^{17 Ref} Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

^{18 Ref} And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;