I feel we need to preach the true Gospel (Good News) of what God
has done "in Christ"
[my words are in italics—Jim]
Colossians 1:13 1st
6 Versions are from *Mark Hankins:
(KJV) who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated
us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
(New English) He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and
brought us away into the kingdom of his dear Son,
(Wade) For God has rescued us from the dominance exercised by the Powers of
Spiritual Darkness, and transferred us to the dominion of His Son—the Object of
His love—
(Amplified) [The Father] has delivered us and drawn us to Himself
out of the control and dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love,
(Moffatt) rescuing us from the power of Darkness and
transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son.
(Cotton Patch) It was the Father who sprang us from the jailhouse of
darkness, and turned us loose in the new world of his beloved Son,
The following commentaries were added, transcribed and
edited by Jim Hughes:
(Barnes) And hath translated us - The word rendered here “translated” is often used in
the sense of:
- Removing a people from one country to another;
see Josephus,
- They who are Christians have been transferred
from one kingdom to another, as if a people were thus removed.
- They become subjects of a new kingdom, are under
different laws, and belong to a different community.
- This change is made in regeneration, by which we
pass from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light;
- From the empire of sin, ignorance, and misery, to
one of holiness, knowledge, and happiness.
- No change, therefore, in a man’s life is so
important as this; and no words can suitably express the gratitude which
they should feel who are thus transferred from the empire of darkness to
that of light.
(Clarke) Translated us into the kingdom, etc - He
has thoroughly changed our state, brought us out of the dark region of vice and
impiety, and placed us in the kingdom under the government of his dear Son, Υἱου της αγαπης αὑτου, the Son of his love; the person whom, in his
infinite love, he has given to make an atonement for the sin of the world.
We have been completely REMOVED from the world we knew
before coming to Christ! As far as we are concerned that old world is dead and gone!
2 Corinthians 5:17-19
(KJV)
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of
God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation; 19
To wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them: and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
What does to wit mean in verse 19?
I’ve combined several online sources that pretty much agree that it’s a legal term meaning "in other words” “in particular" or "namely" or "that is to say" or “as follows” or “for example”
I’ve combined several online sources that pretty much agree that it’s a legal term meaning "in other words” “in particular" or "namely" or "that is to say" or “as follows” or “for example”
To wit . . .
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And
all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; in other words God was in Christ reconciling the world unto
himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them: and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation.
[Just the “To wit” was changed from the
KJV – w/no verse numbers]
The Father was in Christ reconciling us to Himself and He wants any man in Christ also to reconcile others to Himself; He’s committed unto us the word of reconciliation (in other words) the Father is not imputing their trespasses unto them. —Jim
The first 2 versions are from Mark Hankins:
2 Corinthians 5:19
(Beck) In Christ, God was getting rid of the enmity between himself and the
people of the world.
(Wand) That ministry is based on the fact that God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself, wiping out the debit balance of our transgressions and
setting His reconciliation to the credit of our account.
(Good News) Our
message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God
did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which
tells how he makes them his friends.
(Common English) In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through
Christ, by not counting people’s sins against them. He has trusted us with this
message of reconciliation.
(Amplified) It
was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to
favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses
[but canceling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of
the restoration to favor).
(Easy-to-Read) I
mean that God was in Christ, making peace between the world and himself. In
Christ, God did not hold people guilty for their sins. And he gave us this
message of peace to tell people.
Resources:
Amplified Bible
(AMP)—Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
Barnes, Albert (Barnes) Albert
Barnes' Notes on the New Testament by Albert Barnes Published in Philadelphia August
25th, 1832
Beck, William F. (Beck) The
New Testament in the Language of Today by William F. Beck, St. Louis , MO
Clarke, Adam (Clarke) Adam
Clarke's Commentary by Adam Clarke Published in 1825
Common English Bible (CEB) Copyright
© 2011 by Common English Bible
Cotton
Patch Version (Cotton Patch)—Copyright © 1968 by Clarence Jordan
Easy-to-Read Version
(Easy-to-Read) Copyright © 2006 by World Bible Translation Center
Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright
© 1992 by American Bible Society
Moffatt, James (Moffatt)
The New Testament by James Moffatt London: Hodder & Stoughton 1913
New English Translation (NET) NET
Bible® copyright ©1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
Wade, G. Woosung (Wade) The
Documents of the New Testament translated by G.W. Wade, London
Wand, J.W.C.; (Wand) The New
Testament Letters prefaced and paraphrased by J.W.C. Wand, Melbourne: Oxford
University Press 1944
*Hankins, Mark (MHM) The
New Creation study guide by Mark Hankins
Mark Hankins Ministries - PO Box 12863 - Alexandria , LA 71315
Study guide transcribed by Jim
Hughes from 1985 copy — jimhughesgraphics@gmail.com / Jim Hughes is
not affiliated with (MHM)
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