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2 Corinthians 5:20 KJV

2 Corinthians · chapter 5 · verse 20

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.2 Corinthians 5:20 · King James Version

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2 Corinthians 5:20 in context

18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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Commentary

In these verses the apostle mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to Christ, both of which are the consequences of Christ's dying for us; namely, regeneration and reconciliation. I. Regeneration, which consists of two things; namely, 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21

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Key words (Strong's)

ambassadorspresbeuōto be older, prior by birth or in age, to be an ambassador, act as an ambassadorG4243 →
reconciledkatallassōto change, exchange, as coins for others of equivalent value, to reconcile , return to…G2644 →
beseechparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
ChristchristosChrist = &quot anointed&quot , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
thoughhōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
steadhyperin behalf of, for the sake of, over, beyond, more than, more, beyond, overG5228 →

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