More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.