2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10

English Standard Version

²⁰Therefore, ^(A)we are ambassadors for Christ, ^(B)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹^(C)For our sake he made him to be sin ^(D)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become ^(E)the righteousness of God.

6 ^(F)Working together with him, then, ^(G)we appeal to you ^(H)not to receive the grace of God in vain. ²For he says,

^(I)“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, ^(J)now is the ^(K)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ³We ^(L)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴but ^(M)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(N)by great endurance, ^(O)in afflictions, ^(P)hardships, calamities, ⁵^(Q)beatings, imprisonments, ^(R)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶^(S)by purity, ^(T)knowledge, patience, kindness, ^(U)the Holy Spirit, ^(V)genuine love; ⁷by ^(W)truthful speech, and ^(X)the power of God; with ^(Y)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸through honor and dishonor, ^(Z)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹as unknown, and ^(AA)yet well known; ^(AB)as dying, and behold, we live; ^(AC)as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰^(AD)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^(AE)as poor, yet making many rich; ^(AF)as having nothing, ^(AG)yet possessing everything.