Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- KJV And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
- NKJV And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- NASB And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- NLT So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
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We also rejoice in God himself, through whom we have received reconciliation. The greatest blessing is joyful fellowship with God.
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Paul caps the section by saying believers rejoice not merely in benefits but 'in God' through our Lord Jesus Christ. The reconciliation now received restores the relationship sin had broken. This joy in God, made possible by Christ, is the crowning fruit of justification.
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- 2 Cor 5:18–19All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
- Rom 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
- Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- Hab 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- 1 Pet 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Gal 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
- Col 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
- Phil 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- 1 Sam 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- Ps 32:11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- Ps 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
- John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Phil 3:1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
- Ps 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
- Rom 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- John 6:50–58This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- Rom 11:15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
- Luke 1:46Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Rom 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- 1 Cor 10:16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
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