From
now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view;
even
though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no
longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation:
everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
All this
is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given
us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was
reconciling the world to Godself, not counting their trespasses against
them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
So we are
ambassadors for Christ, since God is making God's appeal through us; we
entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake
God made Christ to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Christ we might
become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5.16-21