¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,^(A) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,^{(B) 20} and teaching^(C) them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you^(D) always, to the very end of the age.”^(E)

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.^(A)

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer^(A) and rise from the dead on the third day,^{(B) 47} and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name^(C) to all nations,^(D) beginning at Jerusalem.^{(E) 48} You are witnesses^(F) of these things.

²¹ Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!^(A) As the Father has sent me,^(B) I am sending you.”^(C)

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;^(A) and you will be my witnesses^(B) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,^(C) and to the ends of the earth.”^(D)

¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”^(A)

⁹ They will be punished with everlasting destruction^(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord^(B) and from the glory of his might^(C)

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us^(A) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

¹¹ Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord,^(B) we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.^{(C) 12} We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again,^(D) but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us,^(E) so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. ¹³ If we are “out of our mind,”^(F) as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. ¹⁴ For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.^{(G) 15} And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves^(H) but for him who died for them^(I) and was raised again.

¹⁶ So from now on we regard no one from a worldly^(J) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. ¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,^(K) the new creation^(L) has come:^[a] The old has gone, the new is here!^{(M) 18} All this is from God,^(N) who reconciled us to himself through Christ^(O) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹ that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.^(P) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,^(Q) as though God were making his appeal through us.^(R) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.^{(S) 21} God made him who had no sin^(T) to be sin^[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.^(U)