¹⁰ For if while we were ^(A)enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved ^[a](B)by His life.

^11 (A)And not only this, but ^[a]we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received ^(B)the reconciliation.

¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, this person is ^(B)a new ^[a]creation; ^(C)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. ¹⁸ Now ^(D)all these things are from God, ^(E)who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^(F)ministry of reconciliation, ¹⁹ namely, that ^(G)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^(H)not counting their wrongdoings against them, and ^[b]He has ^[c]committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ Therefore, we are ^(I)ambassadors for Christ, ^(J)as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be ^(K)reconciled to God. ²¹ He made Him who ^(L)knew no sin to be ^[d](M)sin in our behalf, so that we might become the ^(N)righteousness of God in Him.

¹⁴ For He Himself is ^(A)our peace, ^(B)who made both groups into one and broke down the ^[a]barrier of the dividing wall, ^15 [b]by ^(C)abolishing ^[c]in His flesh the hostility, which is ^(D)the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^[d](E)make the two ^(F)one new person, in this way establishing ^(G)peace; ¹⁶ and that He might ^(H)reconcile them both in ^(I)one body to God through the cross, ^[e]by it having ^(J)put to death the hostility. ¹⁷ And ^(K)He came and preached ^(L)peace to you who were ^(M)far away, and peace to those who were ^(N)near;

¹⁹ For ^[a]it was ^(A)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(B)the ^[b]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(C)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(D)whether things on earth or things in ^[c]heaven, having made ^(E)peace through ^(F)the blood of His cross.

²¹ And although you were ^(G)previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, ²² yet He has now ^(H)reconciled you in His ^(I)body of flesh through death, in order to ^(J)present you before Him ^(K)holy and blameless and beyond reproach—