2 Corinthians 5
5
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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2 Corinthians 5
5
Our Future after Death
1For we know that if our earthly tent we live in#2Pt 1:13 is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens,#Eph 6:9; Php 2:10 not made with hands.#Col 2:11 2Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring#1Pt 2:2 to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3since, when we are clothed,#5:3 Other mss read when we have taken it off 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. 5Now 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 8In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from 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 judgment seat#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 evil.
11Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord,#Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; 1Pt 1:17; Rv 14:7 we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences. 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 outward appearance rather than in the heart. 13For if we are out of our mind,#Ac 10:45 it is for God; if we are in our right mind,#1Pt 4:7 it is for you. 14For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all,#Jn 11:51; 2Co 4:10 and therefore 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 anyone from a worldly perspective.#5:16 Lit anyone according to the flesh Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective,#5:16 Lit Christ according to the flesh yet now we no longer know him in this way. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;#Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 the old has passed away, and see,#Rm 8:24 the new has#5:17 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 has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given 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, since God is making his appeal 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#5:21 Or be a sin offering for us,#Rm 8:3; Gl 3:13; 1Pt 2:24 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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