2 Corinthians 5:12-21

New King James Version

Be Reconciled to God

¹²For ^(A)we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity ^(B)to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. ¹³For ^(C)if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. ¹⁴For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that ^(D)if One died for all, then all died; ¹⁵and He died for all, ^(E)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

¹⁶^(F)Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, ^(G)yet now we know Him thus no longer. ¹⁷Therefore, if anyone ^(H)is in Christ, he is ^(I)a new creation; ^(J)old things have passed away; behold, all things have become ^(K)new. ¹⁸Now all things are of God, ^(L)who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, ¹⁹that is, that ^(M)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not ^[a]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰Now then, we are ^(N)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. ²¹For ^(O)He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become ^(P)the righteousness of God in Him.