en_tn_lite_do_not_use/2co/05/18.md

# All these things

"God has done all these things." This refers to what Paul has just said in the previous verse about new things replacing old things.

# the ministry of reconciliation

This can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "the ministry of reconciling people to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# That is

"This means"

# in Christ God is reconciling the world to himself

Here the word "world" refers to people in the world. AT: "in Christ, God is reconciling mankind to himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# He is entrusting to us the message of reconciliation

God has given Paul the responsibility to spread the message that God is reconciling people to himself.

# the message of reconciliation

"the message about reconciliation"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# All these things`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"God has done all these things." This refers to what Paul has just said in the previous verse about new things replacing old things.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the ministry of reconciliation`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "the ministry of reconciling people to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# That is`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"This means"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# in Christ God is reconciling the world to himself`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the word "world" refers to people in the world. AT: "in Christ, God is reconciling mankind to himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# He is entrusting to us the message of reconciliation`

			`God has given Paul the responsibility to spread the message that God is reconciling people to himself.`

			`# the message of reconciliation`

			`"the message about reconciliation"`