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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New Testament for Everyone
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New Testament for Everyone
20 So we are ambassadors, speaking on behalf of the Messiah, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore people on the Messiah’s behalf to be reconciled to God. 21 The Messiah did not know sin, but God made him to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might embody God’s faithfulness to the covenant.
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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C) 21 God made him who had no sin(D) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(E)
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- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
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