11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    (B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?

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19 (A)Go therefore and (B)make disciples of (C)all nations, (D)baptizing them (E)in[a] (F)the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them (G)to observe all that (H)I have commanded you. And behold, (I)I am with you always, to (J)the end of the age.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 28:19 Or into

15 And he said to them, (A)“Go into all the world and (B)proclaim the gospel to (C)the whole creation.

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45 Then (A)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus (B)it is written, (C)that the Christ should suffer and on the third day (D)rise from the dead, 47 and that (E)repentance for[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed (F)in his name (G)to all nations, (H)beginning from Jerusalem. 48 (I)You are witnesses of these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts and

21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As (A)the Father has sent me, (B)even so I am sending you.”

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But you will receive (A)power (B)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and (C)you will be (D)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and (E)Samaria, and (F)to the end of the earth.”

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10 For (A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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They will suffer the punishment of (A)eternal destruction, (B)away from[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Or destruction that comes from

10 For (A)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Therefore, knowing (C)the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But (D)what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 (E)We are not commending ourselves to you again but (F)giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. 13 For if we (G)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ (H)controls us, because we have concluded this: that (I)one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, (J)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but (K)for him who for their sake died and was raised.

16 From now on, therefore, (L)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is (M)in Christ, he is (N)a new creation.[a] (O)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, (P)who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us (Q)the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[b] the world to himself, (R)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us (S)the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, (T)we are ambassadors for Christ, (U)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 (V)For our sake he made him to be sin (W)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become (X)the righteousness of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling

Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
    cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.

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26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
    so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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