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# All these things
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"God has done all these things." This refers to what Paul has just said in the previous verse about new things replacing old things.
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# the ministry of reconciliation
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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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# That is
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"This means"
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# in Christ God is reconciling the world to himself
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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]])
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# He is entrusting to us the message of reconciliation
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God has given Paul the responsibility to spread the message that God is reconciling people to himself.
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# the message of reconciliation
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"the message about reconciliation" |