17 For, if any one be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new!
18 And all these things of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us to the ministry of the reconciliation-
19 namely, that God was, by Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting to them their trespasses, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 We, therefore, execute the office of ambassadors for Christ, as of God beseeching you by us; we pray you, in behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21 For he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us; that we might become the justified of God, by him.