2 Corinthians 5
5
1#2Co 4:7; 2Pe 1:13–14We know that if our earthly house, this tent, were to be destroyed, we have an eternal building of God in the heavens, a house not made with hands. 2#Ro 8:23; 1Co 15:53–54In this one we groan, earnestly desiring to be sheltered with our house which is from heaven. 3Thus being sheltered, we shall not be found unsheltered. 4#1Co 15:53–54For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we wish to be unclothed, but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal might be swallowed up by life. 5#Ro 8:23; 2Co 1:22Now He who has created us for this very thing is God, who also has given to us the guarantee of the Spirit.
6#Heb 11:13Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 7#1Co 13:12; 2Co 4:18For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him. 10#Mt 16:27; Ac 10:42For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his recompense in the body, according to what he has done, whether it was good or bad.
The Ministry of Reconciliation
11#Heb 10:31; Jude 1:23Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men. But we are revealed to God, and I trust we are also revealed in your consciences. 12#2Co 1:14; 3:1For we are not commending ourselves again to you. Instead, we give you occasion to boast on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13#2Co 11:1; 11:16–17If we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14#Ro 5:15For the love of Christ constrains us, because we thus judge: that if one died for all, then all have died. 15#Ro 14:7–9And He died for all, that those who live should not from now on live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
16#Php 3:7–8So from now on we do not regard anyone according to the flesh. Yes, though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet we do not regard Him as such from now on. 17#Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Look, all things have become new. 18#Ro 5:10–11; 1Jn 2:2All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation, 19#Isa 43:25; Mt 1:23that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation. 20#2Co 6:1; Eph 6:20So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ’s stead: Be reconciled to God. 21#Ro 1:17; 1Co 1:30God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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2 Corinthians 5
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Earthly Tents, Eternal Dwellings
1For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens.
2For in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling—
3if indeed, after we have put it on, we will not be found naked.
4For we groan while we are in this tent—burdened because we don’t want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5Now the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Ruach as a pledge.
6Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
7For we walk by faith, not by sight.
8We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
9So whether at home or absent, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in the body—whether good or bad.
Ambassadors for Messiah
11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we are trying to persuade people, but what we are is known to God—and I hope it is known to your consciences as well.
12For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity for boasting about us, so that you may have something to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart.
13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
14For the love of Messiah compels us, since we have concluded that One died for all; as a result all died.
15And He died for all so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.
16So from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know Him this way.
17Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
18Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Messiah and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
19That is, in Messiah God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them; and He has entrusted the message of reconciliation to us.
20We are therefore ambassadors for Messiah, as though God were making His appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.
21He made the One who knew no sin to become a sin offering on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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