¹⁵ For if their rejection brings reconciliation^(A) to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?^(B)

¹⁸ Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:^{(A) 19} That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world^(B) to Himself,^(C) not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. ²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors^(D) for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,^(E) “Be reconciled to God.”