²³ If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

¹ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.