2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹⁶So then from now on, we regard^[a] no one based-on^[b] the flesh^[c]. Even though we have known Christ based on the flesh, nevertheless now we no longer are knowing Him thus. ¹⁷So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation^[d]. The old things passed-away; behold, new things have come-into-being^[e].

And God Gave Us This Ministry of Reconciliation As His Ambassadors

¹⁸And all things are from God, the One having reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and having given us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹how that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself— not counting their trespasses against them, and^[f] having placed the message of reconciliation in us. ²⁰Therefore, we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, since^[g] God is appealing through us.

We Are Begging People To Be Reconciled To God...

We are begging^[h] on behalf of Christ: “Be reconciled to God! ²¹He made the One not having known sin to be sin for us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”...

We Are Appealing To You Too!

6 And working-with Him, we also are appealing that you not receive the grace of God in vain. ²For He says [in Isa 49:8], “I heard you at the acceptable time. And I helped you on the day of salvation”. Behold, now is the very-acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 5:16 Or, know, recognize, take interest in, value.
2 Corinthians 5:16 Or, in accordance with, in relation to. We regard people only in relation to the One who died for them: as living for Him or needing Him.
2 Corinthians 5:16 That is, based on earthly viewpoints and distinctions.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Or, creature.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Or, come-to-pass, come-about.
2 Corinthians 5:19 God ‘was reconciling’ in two senses, the ‘not counting’ which still continues and the ‘having placed’ which is finished.
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).

Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)

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