JST 2 Corinthians 5:19: God Is, not simply was, "in Christ"

JST 2 Cor 5:19 replaces KJV "was" with the present tense ("is") in the expression "God was in Christ." Of course, this does not entail modalism, as the context is that of God (the Father) using the (numerically distinct) person of Jesus (his sinless life, sacrifice, resurrection, ascension, continuing intercession as Great High Priest) as the instrument of redemption.

2 Cor 5:16-19:

 

KJV

1867 Inspired Version (RLDS)

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation

Wherefore, henceforth live we no more after the flesh; yea, though we once lived after the flesh, yet since we have known Christ, now henceforth live we no more after the flesh. Therefore if any man live in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new, And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

 

NT Manuscript, Folio 4, p. 130:

 

 

=16^th Wherefore, henceforth live we no more after the flesh, yea, though we once lived after the flesh, yet since we have known <christ,> now henceforth live we no no more after the flesh. =17^th        Therefore if any man live in christ =18^th    \ And receiveth all the things =19^th is

 

Note the similar language of D&C 50:43, another text that refutes Modalism:

And the Father and I are one. I am in the Father and the Father in me; and inasmuch as ye have received me, ye are in me and I in you.