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2Co 5:19. Ὡς ὅτι) Explanatory particles.-ἦν καταλλάσσων) was reconciling, comp. 2Co 5:17, note. The time implied by the verb ἦν is shown, 2Co 5:21.[32]-ἐν Χριστῷ, ἘΝ ἩΜῖΝ, in Christ, in us) These words correspond to one another.-ΚΌΣΜΟΝ, the world) which had been formerly hostile.-καταλλάσσων· μὴ λογιζόμενος, reconciling, not imputing) The same thing is generally amplified by affirmative and negative words.-τὰ παραπτώματα) offences many and grave.-θέμενος, having committed) as it is committed to an interpreter what he ought to say.
[32] viz. the time when God made Jesus to be Sin for us, etc.-ED.