2 Corinthians 5
1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. (aiōnios g166)
For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal. (aiōnios g166)
2 For also in this we groan, longing to clothe ourselves with our habitation from heaven,
For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--
3 if indeed also having put it on we will not be found naked.
if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed.
4 For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life.
Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may be absorbed in Life.
5 Now he who wrought us for this same thing is God, who also gave us the pledge of the Spirit.
And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss.
6 Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord,
We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.
8 And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
9 Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him.
And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.
For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.
11 Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.
Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.
12 For we are not commending ourselves again to you, but giving you an opportunity of boasting about us, so that ye may have for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.
13 For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you.
For if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be of service to you.
14 For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died.
For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,
15 And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.
and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.
16 So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.
Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we do so no longer.
17 So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
18 And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation.
And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the ministry of reconciliation.
19 How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.
20 We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
On Christ's behalf therefore we come as ambassadors, God, as it were, making entreaty through our lips: we, on Christ's behalf, beseech men to be reconciled to God.
21 For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
He has made Him who knew nothing of sin to be sin for us, in order that in Him we may become the righteousness of God.
