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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, since[a] God is appealing through us.
We Are Begging People To Be Reconciled To God...
We are begging[b] on behalf of Christ: “Be reconciled to God! 21 He made the One not having known sin to be sin for us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”...
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- 2 Corinthians 5:20 Or, seeing-that.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 Or, pleading. What follows gives the content of the begging (Be reconciled), and the manner of it (6:3-10).
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
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) 21 God made him who had no sin(D) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(E)
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- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
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