2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

Cross References (25)

  • Ephesians 6:20 (30)

    for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

  • Luke 14:23 (29)

    So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be

  • Malachi 2:7 (18)

    For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the

  • Ezekiel 18:31–32 (15)

    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new sp

  • Luke 10:16 (14)

    Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me

  • Isaiah 55:6–7 (14)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • John 20:21 (14)

    Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

  • 2 Corinthians 5:11 (13)

    Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope

  • 2 Corinthians 3:6 (11)

    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but t

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8 (11)

    Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 26:17–18 (10)

    I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

  • 2 Corinthians 6:1 (10)

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  • Job 22:21 (9)

    Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

  • Jeremiah 38:20 (9)

    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go we

  • Proverbs 1:22–33 (9)

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate k

  • Jeremiah 13:16–17 (7)

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for

  • Isaiah 27:5 (6)

    Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”

  • 1 Corinthians 4:4–5 (6)

    My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

  • Job 33:6 (4)

    I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15 (4)

    Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas

  • Proverbs 13:17 (4)

    A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

  • Job 33:23 (4)

    Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

  • Nehemiah 9:29 (3)

    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned agains

  • Jeremiah 44:4 (3)

    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

  • 2 Kings 17:13 (2)

    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep M