17 so then, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old things have passed on; look, all has become new!* 18 And that ‘all’ is from the God who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus* Christ and given us the ministry of the reconciliation,* reconciliation—no other reconciling compares with reconciling men to God. 19 namely that in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself,* not imputing their trespasses to them, including committing to us the message of this reconciliation.