Bible verses about "ambassadors" | BIB

⁵ Ὥστε (So then), μὴ (not) πρὸ (before the) καιροῦ (time) τι (anything) κρίνετε (judge), ἕως (until) ἂν (-) ἔλθῃ (shall have come) ὁ (the) Κύριος (Lord), ὃς (who) καὶ (both) φωτίσει (will bring to light) τὰ (the) κρυπτὰ (hidden things) τοῦ (-) σκότους (of darkness), καὶ (and) φανερώσει (will make manifest) τὰς (the) βουλὰς (motives) τῶν (of the) καρδιῶν (hearts); καὶ (and) τότε (then) ὁ (the) ἔπαινος (praise) γενήσεται (will come) ἑκάστῳ (to each) ἀπὸ (from) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (God).

¹⁶ ὡς (as) καὶ (also) ἐν (in) πάσαις (all) ‹ταῖς› (the) ἐπιστολαῖς (letters), λαλῶν (speaking) ἐν (in) αὐταῖς (them) περὶ (concerning) τούτων (these things), ἐν (among) αἷς (which) ἐστιν (are) δυσνόητά (difficult to be understood) τινα (some things), ἃ (which) οἱ (the) ἀμαθεῖς (ignorant) καὶ (and) ἀστήρικτοι (unestablished) στρεβλοῦσιν (distort), ὡς (as) καὶ (also) τὰς (the) λοιπὰς (other) γραφὰς (Scriptures), πρὸς (to) τὴν (the) ἰδίαν (own) αὐτῶν (of them) ἀπώλειαν (destruction).

¹ Ἀγαπητοί (Beloved), μὴ (not) παντὶ (every) πνεύματι (spirit) πιστεύετε (believe), ἀλλὰ (but) δοκιμάζετε (test) τὰ (the) πνεύματα (spirits), εἰ (whether) ἐκ (of) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (God) ἐστιν (they are), ὅτι (because) πολλοὶ (many) ψευδοπροφῆται (false prophets) ἐξεληλύθασιν (have gone out) εἰς (into) τὸν (the) κόσμον (world).

²⁰ Ὑπὲρ (For) Χριστοῦ (Christ) οὖν (therefore) πρεσβεύομεν (we are ambassadors), ὡς (as though) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (God) παρακαλοῦντος (is beseeching) δι’ (through) ἡμῶν (us). δεόμεθα (We implore) ὑπὲρ (on behalf) Χριστοῦ (of Christ): καταλλάγητε (Be reconciled) τῷ (-) Θεῷ (to God).