²⁹ The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, ^(A)the Lamb of God who ^(B)takes away the sin of the world!

³ For ^(A)I handed down to you ^[a]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(B)for our sins ^(C)according to the Scriptures,

²¹ He made Him who ^(A)knew no sin to be ^[a](B)sin in our behalf, so that we might become the ^(C)righteousness of God in Him.

¹⁹ namely, that ^(A)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^(B)not counting their wrongdoings against them, and ^[a]He has ^[b]committed to us the word of reconciliation.