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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
20 For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.
21 Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.
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2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
New International Version
20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C) 21 God made him who had no sin(D) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(E)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
King James Version
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
King James Version
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.
21 For 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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