2 Corinthians 5:20

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¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

¹⁹ that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

²¹ God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
KJV: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
WEB: We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
ASV: We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
DARBY: We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as [it were] beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.
BLB: Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God is appealing through us. We implore on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

ÅB: Så er vi da sendebud i Kristi sted, som om Gud selv formante ved oss; vi ber i Kristi sted: La dere forlike med Gud!
OTB: Derfor er vi representanter for Kristus, som om Gud gjorde en appell gjennom oss; vi ber dere på vegne av Kristus, bli forsonet med Gud.
B1930: Så er vi da sendebud i Kristi sted, som om Gud selv formante ved oss; vi ber i Kristi sted: La eder forlike med Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
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Luke 14:23
So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
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Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
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Ezekiel 18:31–32
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
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Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
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John 20:21
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
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Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
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