Tuesday, 10 February 2026
The Ministry of Reconciliation
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The Primary Text
“And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;”— (KJV)Read 2 Corinthians 5 in full →
The Lexicon
καταλλαγή (katallagē) — Noun, feminine
From the Greek καταλλαγή (katallagē), from katallassō (to exchange, to change thoroughly): reconciliation, the restoration of a broken relation. Semantic force: The root is commercial — the exchanging of one currency for another — and the relational sense grows from it: a change of relation so complete that the standing between the parties is now other than it was. Theological depth: In Paul's usage God is always the reconciler and never the reconciled. He is not persuaded into peace by the sinner; He initiates it, accomplishes it in Christ, and then commissions the reconciled to carry the announcement.