2 Corinthians 5:20

Weymouth NT

On Christ's behalf therefore we come as ambassadors, God, as it were, making entreaty through our lips: we, on Christ's behalf, beseech men to be reconciled to God.

Cross References

Luke 10:16

»He who listens to you listens to me; and he who disregards you disregards me, and he who disregards me disregards Him who sent me.«

Luke 14:23

»`Go out,' replied the master, `to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

John 20:21

A second time, therefore, He said to them, »Peace be to you! As the Father sent me, I also now send you.«

Romans 5:10

For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.

2 Corinthians 12:10

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties–for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 3:6

It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.

2 Corinthians 6:1

And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose.

Ephesians 6:20

to spread which I am an ambassador in chains–so that when telling them I may speak out boldly as I ought.

Colossians 1:20

And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross–to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.