17. If anyone belongs to Christ, then he is made new. The old things have gone; everything is made new!
18. All this is from God. Through Christ, God made peace between us and himself. And God gave us the work of bringing everyone into peace with him.
19. I mean that God was in Christ, making peace between the world and himself. In Christ, God did not hold the world guilty of its sins. And he gave us this message of peace.
20. So we have been sent to speak for Christ. It is as if God is calling to you through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace with God.