“Such is the confidence we have through Christ toward God.” 2 Corinthians 3:4

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 is based on the cloud-parting truth revealed in chapters 3-5. Ephesians Chapters 1-3 are pure gospel; everything that follows is how to live the gospel. They reveal God's sovereign choice and purpose; His justification of sinners, their subsequent God-initiated and sustained resolve to trust Him and love Him in everything. Colossians chapters 1-2 are pure gospel. Colossians was written to believers battling false teachers and in danger of obscuring the gospel by lesser things. Colossians 1 shows the superiority of Christ over everything. How right living is rooted in the heavenly not earthly. The Bible is filled with cloud-parting gospel truth. Rest in it today.