2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
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2 Chronicles 36:15And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:
Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
Job 33:23If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:
Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful embassador is health.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee . Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to thee: so it shall be well to thee, and thy soul shall live.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not… Read the whole commentary →