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
5
1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 2For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked. 4For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
6 Therefore 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 courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him. 10For we must all be revealed before the judgement seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences. 12For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you. 14For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died. 15He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
16 Therefore we know no one according to the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold,#5:17 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. all things have become new. 18But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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