2 Corinthians (2 Co) 5
5
1We know that when the tent which houses us here on earth is torn down, we have a permanent building from God, a building not made by human hands, to house us in heaven. 2For in this tent, our earthly body, we groan with desire to have around us the home from heaven that will be ours. 3With this around us we will not be found naked. 4Yes, while we are in this body, we groan with the sense of being oppressed: it is not so much that we want to take something off, but rather to put something on over it; so that what must die may be swallowed up by the Life. 5Moreover, it is God who has prepared us for this very thing, and as a pledge he has given us his Spirit.
6So we are always confident — we know that so long as we are at home in the body, we are away from our home with the Lord; 7for we live by trust, not by what we see. 8We are confident, then, and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and come to our home with the Lord.
9Therefore, whether at home or away from home, we try our utmost to please him; 10for we must all appear before the Messiah’s court of judgment, where everyone will receive the good or bad consequences of what he did while he was in the body.
11So it is with the fear of the Lord before us that we try to persuade people. Moreover, God knows us as we really are; and I hope that in your consciences you too know us as we really are. 12We are not recommending ourselves to you again but giving you a reason to be proud of us, so that you will be able to answer those who boast about a person’s appearance rather than his inner qualities. 13If we are insane, it is for God’s sake; and if we are sane, it is for your sake. 14For the Messiah’s love has hold of us, because we are convinced that one man died on behalf of all mankind (which implies that all mankind was already dead), 15and that he died on behalf of all in order that those who live should not live any longer for themselves but for the one who on their behalf died and was raised. 16So from now on, we do not look at anyone from a worldly viewpoint. Even if we once regarded the Messiah from a worldly viewpoint, we do so no longer. 17Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation — the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and new! 18And it is all from God, who through the Messiah has reconciled us to himself and has given us the work of that reconciliation, 19which is that God in the Messiah was reconciling mankind to himself, not counting their sins against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20Therefore we are ambassadors of the Messiah; in effect, God is making his appeal through us. What we do is appeal on behalf of the Messiah, “Be reconciled to God! 21God made this sinless man be a sin offering on our behalf, so that in union with him we might fully share in God’s righteousness.”
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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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