John 1:16 (NRSV) — 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

John 1:16 (NLT) — 16 From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.

 

2 Corinthians 5:17–19 (NLT) — 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

 

God redeems, restores and calls us to the gracious ministry of reconciliation.