2 Corinthians 5

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1. 1We know that if our earthly house, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2. 2For in this, we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heaven.
3. 3if indeed we will not be found naked when we are clothed.
4. 4For we who are in this tent groan under our burden, not because we want to be unclothed, but clothed over, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
5. 5Now God is the one who prepared us for this very thing and has also given us the Spirit as a down payment.
6. 6So we live with constant confidence, knowing that as long as we're at home in this body, we are away from the Lord.
7. 7After all, we walk by faith, not by sight.
8. 8We are confident, and we would actually prefer to leave this body and be at home with the Lord.
9. 9Therefore, we labor, so that whether we are present or absent, we may be accepted by him.
10. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each person may receive according to the things they have done in the body, whether good or bad.
11. 11Since we know the terror of the Lord, we try to persuade people. We are clearly seen by God, and I hope we are also clearly seen in your consciences.
12. 12We're not trying to commend ourselves to you again. Instead, we're giving you a reason to glory on our behalf, so you'll have an answer for those who glory in outward appearances rather than what's in the heart.
13. 13If we seem out of our minds, it's for God's sake. If we're thinking clearly, it's for your benefit.
14. 14For the love of Christ compels us, because we have concluded that if one died for all, then all were dead.
15. 15He died for all so that those who are alive would stop living for themselves and start living for him — the one who died for them and rose again.
16. 16Therefore, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, from now on we know him that way no longer.
17. 17So if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things have passed away; look, everything has become new!
18. 18All of this comes from God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
19. 19That is, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them; and he has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation.
20. 20So we serve as ambassadors for Christ, as if God were making his appeal through us. On behalf of Christ, we beg you: be reconciled to God.
21. 21For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.