2 Corinthians 5
The Temporal and Eternal
1 For we know that if our ▼▼Lit earthly house of the tent
bearthly ctent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house dnot made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For indeed, in this tent we egroan, longing to be fclothed with our ▼▼I.e., the resurrected body
dwelling from heaven, 3since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. 4For indeed, we who are in this tent hgroan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be iclothed, so that what is jmortal will be swallowed up by life. 5Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who kgave us the Spirit as a ▼▼Or first installment
pledge. 6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that mwhile we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- 7for nwe walk by faith, not by ▼▼Or appearance
sight-- 8but we are of good courage and pprefer rather to be absent from the body and qto be at home with the Lord. 9Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be rpleasing to Him. 10For we must all appear before sthe judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for ▼▼Lit the things
his deeds done through the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Therefore, knowing the ufear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also vwell known in your consciences. 12We are not commending ourselves to you wagain, but are giving you an xopportunity to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 13For if we have ylost our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14For the love of Christ zcontrols us, having concluded this, that aaone died for all, therefore all died; 15and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer ablive for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf. 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one ▼▼I.e., by what one is in the flesh
adby the flesh; even though we have known Christ by the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is aein Christ, this person is afa new ▼▼Or creature
creation; ahthe old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18Now aiall these things are from God, ajwho reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the akministry of reconciliation, 19namely, that alGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, amnot counting their wrongdoings against them, and ▼▼Lit having
He has ▼▼Lit placed in us
committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are apambassadors for Christ, aqas though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be arreconciled to God. 21He made Him who asknew no sin to be ▼▼Or a sin offering
ausin in our behalf, so that we might become the avrighteousness of God in Him.
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