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20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(A)

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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C)

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23 Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

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23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

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20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.(A)

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20 for which I am an ambassador(A) in chains.(B) Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

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For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.(A)

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“For the lips of a priest(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(C)

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The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.(A)

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The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord,(A) we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.(B)

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21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”(A)

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21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!(A) As the Father has sent me,(B) I am sending you.”(C)

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Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;(A)
let the wicked forsake their way
    and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

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who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)

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He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

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31 Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?(A) 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.(B)

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31 Rid(A) yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart(B) and a new spirit. Why(C) will you die, people of Israel?(D) 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent(E) and live!(F)

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Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(A)

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As we work together with him,[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.1 Gk As we work together

As God’s co-workers(A) we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.(B)

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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”(A)

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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(A)

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20 Jeremiah said, “That will not happen. Just obey the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, and it shall go well with you, and your life shall be spared.(A)

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20 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey(A) the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well(B) with you, and your life(C) will be spared.

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