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2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
New English Translation

20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea[a] through us. We plead with you[b] on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!” 21 God[c] made the one who did not know sin[d] to be sin for us, so that in him[e] we would become the righteousness of God.

God’s Suffering Servants

6 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.[f] 2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[g] Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:20 tn Or “as though God were begging.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:20 tn Or “we beg you.”
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:21 tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:21 sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:21 sn That is, “in Christ.”
  6. 2 Corinthians 6:1 tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”
  7. 2 Corinthians 6:2 sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.
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