2 Corinthians 5:18-19

5:18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us ¹  the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:21

5:21 God ²  made the one who did not know sin ³  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁴  we would become the righteousness of God.

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¹ tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”

² tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

⁴ sn That is, “in Christ.”