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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 5 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//2_corinthians/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > 2 Corinthians 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/2_corinthians/5.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/4.htm" title="2 Corinthians 4">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 5 <a href="../2_corinthians/6.htm" title="2 Corinthians 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Our Eternal Dwelling<br /><span class="cross">(Romans 8:18-27)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For we know that if the tent of our earthly house should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And indeed, in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling which <i>is</i> from heaven, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>if indeed also having been clothed, we will not be found naked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And indeed, being in the tent we groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now the <i>One</i> having prepared us for this very <i>purpose</i> <i>is</i> God, having given to us the pledge of the Spirit, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>always being confident, then, and knowing that, being at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For we walk by faith, not by sight. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now we are confident and are pleased rather to be absent out of the body, and to be at home with the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore also we are ambitious, whether being at home or being away, to be well-pleasing to Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ, that each may receive back the things <i>done</i> through the body according to what he did, whether good or evil. </p><p class="hdg">Ambassadors for Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men. And we have been made manifest to God, and I hope to have been made manifest in your consciences also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving to you occasion of boasting on behalf of us, so that you may have <i>an answer</i> toward those boasting in appearance, and not in <i>the</i> heart. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For if we are beside ourselves, <i>it is</i> to God; or if we are sober-minded <i>it is</i> for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that One has died for all, therefore all have died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He died for all that those living no longer should live to themselves, but to the <i>One</i> having died for them and having been raised again. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore from now, we regard no one according to <i>the</i> flesh. Even though we have regarded Christ according to flesh, yet now we regard <i>Him thus</i> no longer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore if anyone <i>is</i> in Christ, <i>he is</i> a new creation.<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Or ‘creature’">a</a></span> The old things have passed away; behold, <i>the</i> new has come into being. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now all things <i>are</i> of God, the <i>One</i> having reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and having given to us the ministry of reconciliation: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>how that God was in Christ reconciling <i>the</i> world to Himself, not reckoning their trespasses to them, and having put into us the word of reconciliation. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God is beseeching through us. We implore on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He made the <i>One</i> not having known sin <i>to be</i> sin<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Or ‘be a sin offering’">b</a></span> for us, so that in Him we might become <i>the</i> righteousness of God.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>creature</i></span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>be a sin offering</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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