2 Corinthians 5
1 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)
Scimus enim quoniam si terrestris domus nostra huius habitationis dissolvatur, quod aedificationem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, aeternam in caelis. (aiōnios g166)
2 For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--
Nam et in hoc ingemiscimus, habitationem nostram, quae de caelo est, superindui cupientes:
3 if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed.
si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniamur.
4 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.
Nam et qui sumus in hoc tabernaculo, ingemiscimus gravati: eo quod nolumus expoliari, sed supervestiri, ut absorbeatur quod mortale est, a vita.
5 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.
Qui autem efficit nos in hoc ipsum, Deus, qui dedit nobis pignus spiritus.
6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;
Audentes igitur semper, scientes quoniam dum sumus in hoc corpore, peregrinamur a Domino:
7 for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.
(per fidem enim ambulamus, et non per speciem)
8 So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
audemus autem, et bonam voluntatem habemus magis peregrinari a corpore, et praesentes esse ad Dominum.
9 And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
Et ideo contendimus sive absentes, sive praesentes placere illi.
10 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.
Omnes enim nos manifestari oportet ante Tribunal Christi, ut referat unusquisque propria corporis, prout gessit, sive bonum, sive malum.
11 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.
Scientes ergo timorem Domini hominibus suademus, Deo autem manifesti sumus. Spero autem et in conscientiis vestris manifestos nos esse.
12 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.
Non iterum commendamus nos vobis, sed occasionem damus vobis gloriandi pro nobis: ut habeatis ad eos, qui in facie gloriantur, et non in corde.
13 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.
Sive enim mente excedimus, Deo: sive sobrii sumus, vobis.
14 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,
Charitas enim Christi urget nos: aestimantes hoc, quoniam si unus pro omnibus mortuus est, ergo omnes mortui sunt:
15 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.
et pro omnibus mortuus est Christus: ut, et qui vivunt, iam non sibi vivant, sed ei, qui pro ipsis mortuus est et resurrexit.
16 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.
Itaque nos ex hoc neminem novimus secundum carnem. Et si cognovimus secundum carnem Christum: sed nunc iam non novimus.
17 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.
Si qua ergo in Christo nova creatura, vetera transierunt: ecce facta sunt omnia nova.
18 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.
Omnia autem ex Deo, qui nos reconciliavit sibi per Christum: et dedit nobis ministerium reconciliationis.
19 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.
quoniam quidem Deus erat in Christo mundum reconcilians sibi, non reputans illis delicta ipsorum, et posuit in nobis verbum reconciliationis.
20 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.
Pro Christo ergo legatione fungimur, tamquam Deo exhortante per nos. Obsecramus pro Christo, reconciliamini Deo.
21 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.
Eum, qui non noverat peccatum. pro nobis peccatum fecit, ut nos efficeremur iustitia Dei in ipso.
