Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Unity, Purpose, and Joy of Reconciliation

What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of reconciliation? BR-ASI9 65.1

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.” Colossians 1:21, 22. BR-ASI9 65.2

Through whom is the reconciliation received? BR-ASI9 65.3

“We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement [literally, “reconciliation”].” Romans 5:11. BR-ASI9 65.4