20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
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And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-21)In these verses the apostle mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to Christ, both of which are the consequences of Christ’s dying for us; namely, regeneration and reconciliation. I. Regeneration, which consists of two things; namely, 1. Weanedness from the world: “ Henceforth we know no man after the flesh , 2 Cor. 5:16. We do not own nor affect any person or thing in this…
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