First Reading
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
- 14
For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.
- 15
And Christ died for all; that they also who live, may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.
- 16
Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh; but now we know him so no longer.
- 17
If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.
- 18
But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ; and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.
- 19
For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins; and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.
- 20
For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.
- 21
Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.