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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Lexham English Bible
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Lexham English Bible
20 Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as if[a] God were imploring you through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:20 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were imploring”) which is understood as conditional
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C) 21 God made him who had no sin(D) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(E)
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- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
King James Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
King James Version
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.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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