2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(A)
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Luke 14:23
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23 Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
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Ephesians 6:20
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20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.(A)
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Malachi 2:7
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7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:11
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The Ministry of Reconciliation
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.(A)
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John 20:21
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21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”(A)
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)
2 Corinthians 3:6
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6 who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)
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Ezekiel 18:31-32
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31 Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?(A) 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.(B)
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
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8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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6 As we work together with him,[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.(A)
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- 6.1 Gk As we work together
Luke 10:16
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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”(A)
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Proverbs 1:22-33
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
23 Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
I will make my words known to you.(B)
24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(C)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(D)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,(E)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(F)
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,(G)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(H)
32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(I)
33 but those who listen to me will be secure
and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”(J)
Jeremiah 38:20
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20 Jeremiah said, “That will not happen. Just obey the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, and it shall go well with you, and your life shall be spared.(A)
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Job 22:21
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- 22.21 Heb him
1 Corinthians 4:4-5
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4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 I will rescue you from your people and from the gentiles—to whom I am sending you(A) 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(B)
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Jeremiah 13:16-17
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16 Give glory to the Lord your God
before he brings darkness
and before your feet stumble
on the mountains at twilight;
while you look for light,
he turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness.(A)
17 But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.(B)
Isaiah 27:5
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5 Or else let it cling to me for protection;
let it make peace with me;
let it make peace with me.(A)
Job 33:23
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23 Then, if there should be for one of them an angel,
a mediator, one of a thousand,
one who declares a person upright,(A)
Job 33:6
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6 See, before God I am as you are;
I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.
2 Chronicles 36:15
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The Fall of Jerusalem
15 The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place,(A)
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Jeremiah 44:4
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4 Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!”(A)
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Proverbs 13:17
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17 A bad messenger brings trouble,
but a faithful envoy, healing.(A)
Nehemiah 9:29
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29 And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law, yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments but sinned against your ordinances, by the observance of which a person shall live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
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