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
1 For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
3 If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
5 Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
6 Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
7 For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
8 So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
9 And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.
10 For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.
11 Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.
12 We are not commending ourselves again to you, but rather we are presenting you with an opportunity to glory because of us, when you deal with those who glory in face, and not in heart.
13 For if we are excessive in mind, it is for God; but if we are sober, it is for you.
14 For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died.
15 And Christ died for all, so that even those who live might not now live for themselves, but for him who died for them and who rose again.
16 And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer.
17 So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
18 But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
19 For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God.
21 For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.
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