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Therefore, if anyone is 1in Christ, he is 2a new creation.[a]3 The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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All this is from God, 4who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us 5the ministry of reconciliation;
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that is, in Christ God was reconciling[b] the world to himself, 6not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us 7the message of reconciliation.