2Cor 5:20, 6:1, 10:1, Phile 8-9, Heb 12:1-2, 12-16, 25-28 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , we are ambassadors for Christ , God making his appeal through us . We implore you on behalf of Christ , be reconciled to God .

2 Corinthians 5:20

20 Therefore, ^awe are ambassadors for Christ, ^bGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

1 ^cWorking together with him, then, ^dwe appeal to you ^enot to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^fI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^gmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

Philemon 8-9

Paul’s Plea for Onesimus

8 Accordingly, ^hthough I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do ⁱwhat is required, 9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now ^ja prisoner also for Christ Jesus—

Hebrews 12:1-2

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^ksin which clings so closely, and ^llet us run ^mwith endurance the race that is ⁿset before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^owho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^pthe shame, and ^qis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:12-16

12 Therefore ^rlift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and ^smake straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint ^tbut rather be healed. 14 ^uStrive for peace with everyone, and for the ^vholiness ^wwithout which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one ^xfails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^y“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is ^zsexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Hebrews 12:25-28

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For ^aaif they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time ^abhis voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, ^ac“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates ^adthe removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving ^aea kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus ^aflet us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,