2 Corinthians 5:20

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Therefore, we are Christ’s representatives, and through us God is calling you. We beg you on behalf of Christ to become reunited with God.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

The Lord had warned Israel and Judah through every kind of prophet and seer, “Turn from your evil ways, and obey my commands and decrees as I commanded your ancestors in all my teachings, the commands I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”

2 Chronicles 36:15

The Lord God of their ancestors repeatedly sent messages through his messengers because he wanted to spare his people and his dwelling place.

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them in order to bring them back to your teachings, but they became arrogant and would not obey your commandments. They sinned by not following your regulations. If anyone follows them, he will find life in them. But they gave you the cold shoulder, became impossible to deal with, and wouldn’t listen.

Job 22:21

“Be in harmony and at peace with God. In this way you will have prosperity.

Job 33:23

“If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,

Job 33:6

Indeed, I stand in front of God as you do. I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

Proverbs 13:17

An undependable messenger gets into trouble, but a dependable envoy brings healing.

Isaiah 27:5

Or else let them come to me for protection. Let them make peace with me. Yes, let them make peace with me.

Jeremiah 38:20

Jeremiah said, “You will not be handed over to them. Obey the Lord by doing what I’m telling you. Then everything will go well for you, and you will live.

Jeremiah 44:4

I have sent my servants the prophets to you again and again to tell you not to do these detestable things that I hate.

Malachi 2:7

“A priest’s lips should preserve knowledge. Then, because he is the messenger for the Lord of Armies, people will seek instruction from his mouth.

Luke 10:16

“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Luke 14:23

“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go to the roads and paths! Urge the people to come to my house. I want it to be full.

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

Romans 5:10

If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore, I accept weakness, mistreatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties suffered for Christ. It’s clear that when I’m weak, I’m strong.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has also qualified us to be ministers of a new promise, a spiritual promise, not a written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

2 Corinthians 5:11

As people who know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. God already knows what we are, and I hope that you also know what we are.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Since we are God’s coworkers, we urge you not to let God’s kindness  be wasted on you.

Ephesians 6:20

Because I have already been doing this as Christ’s representative, I am in prison. So pray that I speak about this Good News as boldly as I have to.

Colossians 1:20

God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ’s blood sacrificed on the cross.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever rejects this ⌞order⌟ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.