Is Paul calling *all* of us apostles here?

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So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)

In this passage, when he is saying “we” and “us” is he referring to all believers, or to the Apostles? Who are the ambassadors of which he speaks in this context?

My gut tells me that Paul is referring to himself and to his fellow Apostles, but I can’t prove it from the context of the passage.
 
All Christians should be Ambassadors for Christ. He may, in the second sentence, be referring to himself and the other Apostles, when he says: “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
 
Paul is asserting his authority as a leader of the Church in 2 Corinthians.

The whole letter is about disorder in the Church at Corinth and Paul’s authority to correct them.

-Tim-
 
TheAdvocate said:
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)

In this passage, when he is saying “we” and “us” is he referring to all believers, or to the Apostles? Who are the ambassadors of which he speaks in this context?
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The “we” and “you” in this passage point back to the opening verse of the letter, 2 Cor 1:1. The “we” refers to the letter’s authors, “Paul … and Timothy;” the “you” refers to the letter’s addressees, “the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.”
 
Todd977 said:
The “we” and “you” in this passage point back to the opening verse of the letter, 2 Cor 1:1. The “we” refers to the letter’s authors, “Paul … and Timothy;” the “you” refers to the letter’s addressees, “the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.”
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100% correct.
 
Todd977 said:
The “we” and “you” in this passage point back to the opening verse of the letter, 2 Cor 1:1. The “we” refers to the letter’s authors, “Paul … and Timothy;” the “you” refers to the letter’s addressees, “the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.”
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Great response, thanks!!
 
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