2 Corinthians 5:9-19

English Standard Version

⁹ So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to ^(A)please him. ¹⁰ For ^(B)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ^(C)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

¹¹ Therefore, knowing ^(D)the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But ^(E)what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. ^12 (F)We are not commending ourselves to you again but ^(G)giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. ¹³ For if we ^(H)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ ^(I)controls us, because we have concluded this: that ^(J)one has died for all, therefore all have died; ¹⁵ and he died for all, ^(K)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but ^(L)for him who for their sake died and was raised.

¹⁶ From now on, therefore, ^(M)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. ¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is ^(N)in Christ, he is ^(O)a new creation.^{[a] (P)}The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. ¹⁸ All this is from God, ^(Q)who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us ^(R)the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ that is, in Christ God was reconciling^[b] the world to himself, ^(S)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ^(T)the message of reconciliation.