II Corinthians 5
5
Assurance of the Resurrection
1For we know that if #Job 4:19; 1 Cor. 15:47; 2 Cor. 4:7our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house #Mark 14:58; Acts 7:48; Heb. 9:11, 24not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this #Rom. 8:23; 2 Cor. 5:4we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3if indeed, #Rev. 3:18having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, #1 Cor. 15:53but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also #Rom. 8:23; (2 Cor. 1:22); Eph. 1:14has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7For #Rom. 8:24; Heb. 11:1we walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, yes, #Phil. 1:23well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
The Judgment Seat of Christ
9Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10#Matt. 16:27; Acts 10:42; Rom. 2:16; 14:10, 12For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, #Gal. 6:7; Eph. 6:8that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11Knowing, therefore, #(Heb. 10:31; 12:29; Jude 23)the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
Be Reconciled to God
12For #2 Cor. 3:1we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity #2 Cor. 1:14; Phil. 1:26to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13For #Mark 3:21; 2 Cor. 11:1, 16; 12:11if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that #(Rom. 5:15; 6:6; Gal. 2:20; Col. 3:3)if One died for all, then all died; 15and He died for all, #(Rom. 6:11)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
16#2 Cor. 10:3Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, #(Matt. 12:50)yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17Therefore, if anyone #(John 6:63)is in Christ, he is #(Rom. 8:9)a new creation; #Is. 43:18; 65:17; (Eph. 4:24); Rev. 21:4old things have passed away; behold, all things have become #(Rom. 6:3–10; Col. 3:3)new. 18Now all things are of God, #Rom. 5:10; (Eph. 2:16; Col. 1:20)who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19that is, that #(Rom. 3:24)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then, we are #Mal. 2:7; Eph. 6:20ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21For #Is. 53:6, 9He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become #(Rom. 1:17; 3:21); 1 Cor. 1:30the righteousness of God in Him.
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2 Corinthians 5
5
Our Future after Death
1For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling # = our present physical body # 2Pt 1:13 is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling # = our future body in the heavens, # Eph 6:9; Php 2:10 not made with hands. # Col 2:11 2Indeed, we groan in this body, desiring # 1Pt 2:2 to put on our dwelling from heaven, 3since, when we are clothed, # Other mss read stripped we will not be found naked. # Mt 25:36; Lk 10:30 4Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality # Rm 7:24; 8:23; 1Co 15:26 may be swallowed up by life. 5And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
6So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7For we walk by faith, # Mt 8:10; Ac 3:16; Rm 1:8; 1Co 2:5; Gl 2:16; 1Tm 1:2; Heb 4:2 not by sight, # Lk 3:22 8and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord. # Php 1:23 9Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing # Heb 13:21 to Him. 10For we must all appear before the tribunal # Jn 5:22-30 of Christ, # Mt 25:31-46; Php 1:6; Heb 10:31 so that each may be repaid # Mt 16:27 for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.
11Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, # Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; 1Pt 1:17; Rv 14:7 we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well. 12We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in the outward appearance # Lit in face rather than in the heart. 13For if we are out of our mind, # Ac 10:45 it is for God; if we have a sound mind, # 1Pt 4:7 it is for you. 14For Christ’s love compels # Or For the love of Christ impels, or For the love of Christ controls us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, # Jn 11:51; 2Co 4:10 then all died. 15And He died for all # Lk 20:38; Heb 2:9 so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, # Rm 14:7 but for the One # Lk 20:38 who died for them and was raised.
The Ministry of Reconciliation
16From now on, then, we do not know # Or regard anyone in a purely human way. # Lit anyone according to the flesh Even if we have known # Or have regarded Christ in a purely human way, # Lit Christ according to the flesh yet now we no longer know # Or regard Him in this way. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; # Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 old things have passed away, and look, # Rm 8:24 new things # Other mss read look, all new things have come. # Is 43:19; 65:17; Rm 6:4; Eph 4:24; Rv 21:5 18Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: # Rm 5:11 19That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world # 2Pt 2:20 to Himself, # Ti 2:11 not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. 20Therefore, we are ambassadors # Eph 6:20 for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, # 2Co 12:10; Php 1:29 “Be reconciled to God.” 21He made the One who did not know sin # 1Jn 3:5 to be sin # Or be a sin offering for us, # Rm 8:3; Gl 3:13; 1Pt 2:24 so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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