2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are ambassadors who speak for Christ, and it is God himself who makes his appeal through us. Speaking for Christ, we plead with you: be reconciled to God.
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 2 Cor 5: 20
…2: 7. They represent no less than God himself. ‘Now then we are ambassadors for Christ.’ 2 Cor 5: 20. Jesus Christ was of this calling; he had his mission and sanction from heaven, and this…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites 2 Cor. 5:20
…which Paul so highly extols, “we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God,” (2 Cor. 5:20), is not directed to strangers, but to those who had been regenerated long before.…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Compel Them to Come In cites 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20
…though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20 He thought this pleading was not in spite of his theology but because of the Bible. God…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 5 — Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction cites 2 Cor. 5:20
…be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him,” (2 Cor. 5:20, 21). And what is meant by the fellowship (κοινονία) of Christ, which according to the…
- Memoirs of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw ·
The Call to Preach cites 2 Cor. v. 20
…At ten, the trumpet sounded again for preaching, and the presiding Elder preached from 2 Cor. v. 20. “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ; as though God did beseech you by us: we pray…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 2 Cor. 5:20
…they may ever and anon in the name of Christ exhort the people to be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20). Therefore, in the communion of saints our sins are constantly forgiven by the ministry…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites 2 Cor. 5:19-21
…be sin for us who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him,” (2 Cor. 5:19-21). He here uses righteousness and reconciliation indiscriminately, to make us understand…