17 Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [they are] a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.

18 And all this by God, who reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

19 for certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them and having placed in us the word of reconciliation.