| 14 | For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. |
| 15 | And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. |
| 16 | From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. |
| 17 | Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. |
| 18 | All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; |
| 19 | that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. |
| 20 | So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. |
| 21 | For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |