2 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ¹  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ²  through us. We plead with you ³  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

[5:6]  ¹ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

[5:20]  ² tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ³ tn Or “we beg you.”