2 Corinthians 5:16-2 Corinthians 6:2 - The Ministry Of Reconciliation
16 So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come. 18 And all these [things] [are] from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as [if] God were imploring [you] through us. We beg [you] on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made the one who did not know sin [to be] sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him.
1 Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, "At the acceptable time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now [is] the acceptable time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation!