2 Corinthians 5:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors  for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,  ‘Be reconciled to God.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

Common English Bible

²⁰ So we are ambassadors who represent Christ. God is negotiating with you through us. We beg you as Christ’s representatives, “Be reconciled to God!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 5:20 Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

Still, the Lord warned  Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’

2 Chronicles 36:15

But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again,  for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them to turn back to your law, but they acted arrogantly and would not obey your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, which a person will live by if he does them. They stubbornly resisted, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Job 22:21

Come to terms with God and be at peace; in this way  good will come to you.

Job 33:23

If there is an angel  on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what is right for him

Job 33:6

I am just like you before God; I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked envoy falls into trouble, but a trustworthy courier brings healing.

Isaiah 27:5

Or let it take hold of my strength; let it make peace with me – make peace with me.

Jeremiah 38:20

‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live.

Jeremiah 44:4

So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again,  , saying, “Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.”

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.

Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to me.   Whoever rejects you rejects me.   And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.’

Luke 14:23

‘Then the master told the servant, “Go out into the roads and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me,   I also send you.’

Romans 5:10

For if, while we were enemies,  we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

2 Corinthians 12:10

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant,  not of the letter,  but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord,  we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with him, we also appeal to you, ‘Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.’

Ephesians 6:20

For this I am an ambassador  in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.

Colossians 1:20

and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood,  shed on the cross.  ,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.