2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Worldwide English (New Testament)
20 So we are messengers for Christ. God is using us to call people. So we are standing here for Christ and begging people, `Come back to God!'
21 Christ did no wrong thing. But for our sake God put the blame for our wrong ways on Christ. So now God sees us as good, because we are in Christ.
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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)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
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