²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

¹¹ (but if she does, ^(A)she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and ^(B)the husband should not divorce his wife.

¹⁸ All this is from God, ^(A)who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us ^(B)the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ that is, in Christ God was reconciling^[a] the world to himself, ^(C)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ^(D)the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ Therefore, ^(E)we are ambassadors for Christ, ^(F)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.