2 Corinthians 5: 14 - 21
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For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
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| 15
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And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
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| 16
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From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer.
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| 17
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Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.
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| 18
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All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
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| 19
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that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
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| 20
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So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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| 21
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For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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