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2 Corinthians 5:20-21 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 5 · verses 20–21 · King James Version
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.2 Corinthians 5:20-21 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21 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.
Cross references
- Ephesians 6:20
- Luke 14:23
- Malachi 2:7
- Ezekiel 18:31-32
- Luke 10:16
- John 20:21
- Isaiah 55:6-7
- 2 Corinthians 5:11
- 1 Peter 2:22-24
- 1 Peter 3:18
- Romans 5:19
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- 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 = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- thoughhōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
- steadhyperin behalf of, for the sake of, over, beyond, more than, more, beyond, overG5228 →
- praydeomaito want, lack, to desire, long for, to ask, beg, the thing asked for, to pray, make…G1189 →
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