2 Corinthians 5:20-21
5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea 1 through us. We plead with you 2 on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”
5:21 God 3 made the one who did not know sin 4 to be sin for us, so that in him 5 we would become the righteousness of God.
1 tn Or “as though God were begging.”
2 tn Or “we beg you.”
3 tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.
5 sn That is, “in Christ.”