< 2 Corinthians 5 >

1 For we have known that if the tent of our earthly house may be thrown down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands—perpetual—in the heavens, (aiōnios g166)
For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (aiōnios g166)
2 for also in this we groan, earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves with our dwelling that is from Heaven,
For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered,
3 if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we will not be found naked,
I shall not be found naked.
4 for we also who are in the tent groan, being burdened, seeing we do not wish to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of life.
For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.
5 And He who worked us to this very thing [is] God, who also gave to us the deposit of the Spirit;
And He who has wrought me out for this very end is God, who has given me his Spirit as pledge.
6 having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the LORD—
Therefore I am always of good courage, because I well know that while I am at home in the body, I am in banishment from the Lord,
7 for we walk through faith, not through sight—
for I am walking by faith, not by sight.
8 we have courage, and are well pleased, rather, to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the LORD.
So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
9 We are also ambitious for this reason, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to Him,
And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.
10 for it is necessary for all of us to have appeared before the judgment seat of the Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;
For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.
11 having known, therefore, the fear of the LORD, we persuade men, and we are revealed to God, and I also hope to have been revealed in your consciences;
So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience.
12 for we do not again recommend ourselves to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that you may have [something] in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;
I am not "commending myself to you again," but I am giving you an occasion of boasting on my behalf, so that you may have an answer ready for those who boast in externals, and not in the heart.
13 for whether we were beside ourselves, [it was] to God; whether we be of sound mind, [it is] to you,
For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.
14 for the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged thus: that if one died for all, then the whole died,
For the love of Christ overmasters me; because I thus judge that if One has died for all, then all have died;
15 and He died for all, that those living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them, and was raised again.
and that he died for all in order that the living may live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again for them.
16 So that we, from now on, have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him [thus] no longer;
Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.
17 so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new.
So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.
18 And all things [are] of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of the reconciliation,
And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;
19 how that God was in Christ—reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,
how that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to men their trespasses; and that to me he has entrusted the message of that reconciliation.
20 in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we implore, in behalf of Christ, “Be reconciled to God”;
On Christ’s behalf, then, I come as ambassador. It is as though God was entreating you, through me, on Christ’s behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.
21 He made Him having not known sin [to be] sin in our behalf, that we may become the righteousness of God in Him.
Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

< 2 Corinthians 5 >