2 Corinthians 5:16-21 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶Therefore from now on we recognize no one ¹^,^aaccording to the flesh; even though we have known Christ ²according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. ¹⁷Therefore if anyone is ^ain Christ, he is ^ba new creation; ^cthe old things passed away; behold, new things have come. ¹⁸Now ^aall these things are from God, ^bwho reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^cministry of reconciliation, ¹⁹namely, that ^aGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^bnot counting their transgressions against them, and ¹He has ²committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰So then, we are ^aambassadors for Christ, ^bas God is pleading through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be ^creconciled to God. ²¹He made Him who ^aknew no sin to be ^bsin on our behalf, so that we might become the ^crighteousness of God in Him.