¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, he is ^(B)a new creation; ^(C)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. ¹⁸ Now ^(D)all these things are from God, ^(E)who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^(F)ministry of reconciliation, ¹⁹ namely, that ^(G)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^(H)not counting their transgressions against them, and ^[a]He has ^[b]committed to us the word of reconciliation.