2 Korintus 5:20-21

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ¹  through us. We plead with you ²  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!” 5:21 God ³  made the one who did not know sin ⁴  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁵  we would become the righteousness of God.

[5:20]  ¹ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ² tn Or “we beg you.”

[5:21]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ⁴ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[5:21]  ⁵ sn That is, “in Christ.”