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Dwelling<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/8.htm#18">Romans 8:18–27</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For we walk by faith, not by sight. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad. <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Ambassadors for Christ<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. <A name="21"></a><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 were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>God made Him who knew no sin to be sin<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>a new creature</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>a sin offering</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. 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