¹⁸ And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. ¹⁹ In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us^[a] the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea^[b] through us. We plead with you^[c] on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”