17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; 5:17 Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 the old has passed away, and see, 5:17 Rm 8:24 the new has 5:17 Other mss read look, all new things have come! 5:17 Is 43:19; 65:17; Rm 6:4; Eph 4:24; Rv 21:518 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 5:18 Rm 5:1119 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world 5:19 2Pt 2:20 to himself, 5:19 Ti 2:11 not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors 5:20 Eph 6:20 for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, 5:20 2Co 12:10; Php 1:29 "Be reconciled to God." 21 He made the one who did not know sin 5:21 1Jn 3:5 to be sin 5:21 Or be a sin offering for us, 5:21 Rm 8:3; Gl 3:13; 1Pt 2:24 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.