Daily Wisdom: 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Saturday, January 12, 2013

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
— 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

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