2 Corinthians 5:20

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2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Job 22:21

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

Proverbs 1:22-33

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.

Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

2 Chronicles 36:15

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

Jeremiah 13:16-17

Give glory to the Lord your God,
Before He brings darkness
And before your feet stumble
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into deep darkness,
And turns it into gloom.

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Please obey the Lord in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

Jeremiah 44:4

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

Ezekiel 18:31-32

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Luke 10:16

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Luke 14:23

And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

John 20:21

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

Acts 26:17-18

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

1 Corinthians 4:4-5

For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:11

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

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

Nehemiah 9:29

And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law.
Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
By which if a man observes them he shall live.
And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

Job 33:6

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

Job 33:23

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into adversity,
But a faithful envoy brings healing.

Isaiah 27:5

“Or let him rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him make peace with Me.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Corinthians 5:20

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.

Ambassadors

Ephesians 6:20

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General references

Proverbs 8:4

Luke 10:5

John 17:18

Bible References

Ambassadors

who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

A wicked messenger falls into adversity,
But a faithful envoy brings healing.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

As

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

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

In

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

Be

“

Yield now and be at peace with Him;

Thereby good will come to you.

“How long, O

naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?

And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

“Or let him

rely on My protection,

Let him make peace with Me,
Let him make peace with Me.”

Give glory to the Lord your God,

Before He brings darkness
And before your feet stumble
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into deep darkness,
And turns it into gloom.

But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Please

obey the Lord in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and

you may live.

And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

General references

“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.