Peshitta New Testament

Peshitta New Testament — Murdock — Section 103

Therefore because we know the fear of our Lord, 11 we persuade men ; and we are made manifest unto God ; and I hope also, we are made manifest to your minds. (12) We do not again laud ourselves to 12 you ; but we give you occasion to glory in us, to them who glory in appearance and not in heart. (13) For if we are extravagant, it is for God : and if we are discreet, it is for j^ou, (14) For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus : One died for all ; therefore are all dead. (15) And 15 he died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again. (16) And therefore, we know no person IG afcer the flesh : and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know [him] no more. (17) Whoever therefore is in the Messiah, is a new creature :'= old things have passed away ; (18) and all things are made new, by God; who 18 hath reconciled us to himself by the Messiah, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. (19) For God was in the Messiah, who hath recon- ciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins ; and who hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.^! — (20) We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiali, therefore, we beseech [}'ou], be ye reconciled to God. (21) For, on your account, he hath made him 21 who knew no sin to be sin,"^ that we might b^^ him become the righteousness'' of God. — (VI.) And VI. as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you. (2) For he hath said, In an acceptable time 2 have I heard thee, and in the day of life=^ I have aided thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time 1 17 19 20 2 CORINTHIANS, VII. 333 3 and behold, now is tlie day of life ! (3) Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that 4 there may be no reproach on our ministry. (4) But we, in ail things, would show ourselves to be the ministers of God, in much endurance, in afflictions,