We proclaim Christ as Lord

We have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ. 1

We make it our aim to please him, 2 our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 3

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. 4 

We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 5

The love of Christ controls us. He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him. 6 What we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord. 7

Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus. 8 Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 10 We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. 11

Thanks be to God, who through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. 12

 

1 Gal 2.16 2 2Cor 5.9 3 Jude 4 4 2Cor 5.10-11 5 1Cor 1.23-24 6 2Cor 5.14-15 7 2Cor 4.5 8 2Cor 4.13-14 9 Rom 14.8 10 2Cor 3.12 11 2Cor 5.20 12 2Cor 2.14-16