2 Corinthians 5

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1 For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.	1 For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly habitation	2 And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
3 if indeed, when we have taken it off, we shall not be found naked.	3 If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
4 For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.	4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
5 Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.	5 Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
6 So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,	6 Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.	7 For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
8 Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.	8 So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
9 Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.	9 And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.	10 For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.
11 Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we are clearly apparent to God, and I hope we are also apparent to your consciousness.	11 Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.
12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you may have something to say to those who boast of external appearance rather than of the heart.	12 We are not commending ourselves again to you, but rather we are presenting you with an opportunity to glory because of us, when you deal with those who glory in face, and not in heart.
13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are rational, it is for you.	13 For if we are excessive in mind, it is for God; but if we are sober, it is for you.
14 For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.	14 For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died.
15 He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.	15 And Christ died for all, so that even those who live might not now live for themselves, but for him who died for them and who rose again.
16 Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.	16 And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer.
17 So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.	17 So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
18 And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,	18 But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
19 namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.	19 For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation.
20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.	20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God.
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.	21 For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.