2 Corinthians 5:18-21 And all these things are from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ And all these things are from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ that is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to him self, not charging their offenses to them, and he has committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ Therefore, we act as ambassadors for Christ, as though God entreated through us; we beseech in Christ's stead, be reconciled to God: ²¹ for he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.