2 Corinthians 5:11–21

¹¹Therefore, knowing the ^afear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are ^bmade manifest also in your consciences.

¹²We are not ^aagain commending ourselves to you but are giving you an ^boccasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

¹³For if we ¹are ^abeside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

¹⁴For the love of Christ ^acontrols us, having concluded this, that ^bone died for all, therefore all died;

¹⁵and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer ^alive for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

¹⁶Therefore from now on we recognize no one ^1aaccording to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

¹⁷Therefore if anyone is ^ain Christ, ¹he is ^ba new creature; ^cthe old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

¹⁸Now ^aall these things are from God, ^bwho reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^cministry of reconciliation,

¹⁹namely, that ^aGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^bnot counting their trespasses against them, and ¹He has ²committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰Therefore, we are ^aambassadors for Christ, ^bas though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be ^creconciled to God.

²¹He made Him who ^aknew no sin to be ^bsin on our behalf, so that we might become the ^crighteousness of God in Him.