2 Corinthians 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

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Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, "Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands."

The Lord God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.

And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances -- those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey.

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

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Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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"Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

Then Jeremiah answered, "You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.

So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

General references

"To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.

Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'

Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.