2 Corinthians 5:18-20 But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation-- ¹⁹ To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning men's offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the Message of this reconciliation. ²⁰ It is, then, on Christ's behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf--Be reconciled to God.