2 Corinthians 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ¹  through us. We plead with you ²  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

5:18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us ³  the message of reconciliation.

[5:20]  ¹ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ² tn Or “we beg you.”

[5:19]  ³ tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”