2 Corinthians 5:18–20
God reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
Study it word by word18And all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and gave us the service of reconciliation,
19namely, that God was in the Messiah reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the word of reconciliation.
20So on behalf of the Messiah we are ambassadors, as though God were appealing through us; we beg you on behalf of the Messiah, be reconciled to God.
In its context
16So we from now on know no one according to the flesh; even if we have known the Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him in that way.
17So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.
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21He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Its words in the original
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- καταλλάξαντοςkatallaxantos· reconcile
Reconcile: make peace between enemies.
- ΧριστοῦChristou· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- δόντοςdontos· give
Give.
- διακονίανdiakonian· service, ministry
Service, ministry: the work of a servant; also help sent to those in need.
- καταλλαγῆςkatallagēs· reconciliation
Reconciliation: peace restored between enemies.
- ἦνēn· be
Be, exist.
- κόσμονkosmon· world
World: what God created; also humanity, and humanity living with its back turned to God.
- λογιζόμενοςlogizomenos· reckon, consider
Count, reckon, consider.
- παραπτώματαparaptōmata· offense, wrongdoing
Offense, false step, transgression.
- θέμενοςthemenos· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- λόγονlogon· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- πρεσβεύομενpresbeuomen· be an ambassador
Be an ambassador: speak for another with his authority.
- παρακαλοῦντοςparakalountos· urge, comfort
Call to one's side; plead with, encourage, comfort.
- δεόμεθαdeometha· ask, beg
Ask, plead, beg.