2 Corinthians 5
1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens. (aiōnios g166)
Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ ˚Θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. (aiōnios g166)
2 For truly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
Καὶ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ στενάζομεν, τὸ οἰκητήριον ἡμῶν τὸ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπενδύσασθαι ἐπιποθοῦντες.
3 since, after we have put it on, we will not be found naked.
Εἴ γε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι, οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Καὶ γὰρ οἱ ὄντες ἐν τῷ σκήνει, στενάζομεν, βαρούμενοι ἐφʼ ᾧ οὐ θέλομεν ἐκδύσασθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐπενδύσασθαι, ἵνα καταποθῇ τὸ θνητὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς.
5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
Ὁ δὲ κατεργασάμενος ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ˚Θεός, ὁ δοὺς ἡμῖν τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ ˚Πνεύματος.
6 Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
Θαρροῦντες οὖν πάντοτε, καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου,
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
διὰ πίστεως γὰρ περιπατοῦμεν, οὐ διὰ εἴδους.
8 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Θαρροῦμεν δὲ καὶ εὐδοκοῦμεν μᾶλλον ἐκδημῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἐνδημῆσαι πρὸς τὸν ˚Κύριον.
9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
Διὸ καὶ φιλοτιμούμεθα, εἴτε ἐνδημοῦντες εἴτε ἐκδημοῦντες, εὐάρεστοι αὐτῷ εἶναι.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Τοὺς γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς φανερωθῆναι δεῖ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κομίσηται ἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος, πρὸς ἃ ἔπραξεν, εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε κακόν.
11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
Εἰδότες οὖν τὸν φόβον τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, ἀνθρώπους πείθομεν, ˚Θεῷ δὲ πεφανερώμεθα· ἐλπίζω δὲ καὶ ἐν ταῖς συνειδήσεσιν ὑμῶν πεφανερῶσθαι.
12 We are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
Οὐ πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστάνομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν καυχήματος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἔχητε πρὸς τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ καυχωμένους, καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ.
13 For if we are out of control, it is for God. If we are in a reasonable way, it is for you.
Εἴτε γὰρ ἐξέστημεν, ˚Θεῷ· εἴτε σωφρονοῦμεν, ὑμῖν.
14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
Ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ συνέχει ἡμᾶς, κρίναντας τοῦτο, ὅτι εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον.
15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
Καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἵνα οἱ ζῶντες, μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἐγερθέντι.
16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we no longer know him in this way.
Ὥστε ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐδένα οἴδαμεν κατὰ σάρκα. Εἰ καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν κατὰ σάρκα ˚Χριστόν, ἀλλὰ νῦν οὐκέτι γινώσκομεν.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Look, new things have come.
Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν ˚Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδοὺ, γέγονεν καινά.
18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐκ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, τοῦ καταλλάξαντος ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ διὰ ˚Χριστοῦ, καὶ δόντος ἡμῖν τὴν διακονίαν τῆς καταλλαγῆς,
19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
ὡς ὅτι ˚Θεὸς ἦν ἐν ˚Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς.
20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Ὑπὲρ ˚Χριστοῦ οὖν πρεσβεύομεν, ὡς τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος διʼ ἡμῶν· δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ˚Χριστοῦ, καταλλάγητε τῷ ˚Θεῷ.
21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν, ἵνα ἡμεῖς γενώμεθα δικαιοσύνη ˚Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.
