¹⁹Our message is that God was making the whole human race his friends through Christ.^d God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.

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dGod was making the whole human race his friends through Christ; or God was in Christ making the whole human race his friends.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

NLTNew Living Translation

For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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