D.
Longing to be clothed upon with the transfigured body
5:1-8
2 Cor. 5
:1
5:1
1For we know that if our
2earthly 3atabernacle dwelling is taken down, we have a
4building 5from God, a
6dwelling bnot made with hands,
ceternal,
7din the heavens.
2 Cor. 5
:2
5:2
For also in
1this we
agroan, longing to be
2clothed upon with our
3dwelling place
4from heaven,
2 Cor. 5
:3
5:3
If indeed, being clothed, we will not be found
1anaked.
2 Cor. 5
:4
5:4
For also, we who are in this tabernacle groan, being
1aburdened,
2in that we do not desire to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that
3what is
bmortal may be
4cswallowed up by life.
2 Cor. 5
:5
5:5
Now He who has
1wrought us for this very thing is God, who has given to us the Spirit as a
2apledge.
2 Cor. 5
:6
5:6
Therefore being always of good courage and knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are
1abroad from the Lord
2 Cor. 5
:7
5:7
(For we
1walk by
afaith, not by
2bappearance) —
2 Cor. 5
:8
5:8
We are of good courage then and are well pleased rather
1to be
aabroad from the body and at home with the Lord.
E.
Making it their aim to please the Lord by living to Him
5:9-15
2 Cor. 5
:9
5:9
Therefore also we are
1determined, whether
2at home or abroad, to gain the honor of being
awell pleasing to Him.
2 Cor. 5
:10
5:10
1For we must all be
amanifested before the
2bjudgment seat of Christ, that each one may
3creceive the things
done 4through the body according to what he has practiced, whether good or
5bad.
2 Cor. 5
:11
5:11
1Knowing therefore the
2afear of the Lord, we
3persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; yet I hope that we are made manifest also in your
bconsciences.
2 Cor. 5
:12
5:12
We are not again
acommending ourselves to you, but
so speak in order to give you an opportunity to
bboast on our behalf, that you may
1have an answer for those who are
cboasting in
doutward 2appearance and not in
3eheart.
2 Cor. 5
:13
5:13
For whether we were
1abeside ourselves,
it was to God; or whether we are
2bsober-minded,
it is cfor you.
2 Cor. 5
:14
5:14
For the
1alove of Christ
2constrains us because we
3have judged this, that
4bOne died for all,
5therefore call died;
2 Cor. 5
:15
5:15
And He
adied for all that those who
blive may
1no longer live to themselves but
2cto Him who died for them and has been raised.
F.
Commissioned with the ministry of reconciliation for the Lord's new creation
5:16-21
2 Cor. 5
:16
5:16
1So then we, from now on,
2know no one according to the
aflesh; even though we have known Christ
baccording to the flesh, yet now we
2know Him so no longer.
2 Cor. 5
:17
5:17
1So then if anyone is
2ain Christ,
he is a
3bnew creation. The
4cold things have
dpassed away;
5behold,
6they have become
enew.
2 Cor. 5
:18
5:18
But 1all things are out from God, who has
areconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given to us the
bministry of reconciliation;
2 Cor. 5
:19
5:19
Namely, that God
ain Christ was reconciling the
bworld to Himself,
cnot accounting their offenses to them, and has put in us the
1word of reconciliation.
2 Cor. 5
:20
5:20
On behalf of Christ then we are
1aambassadors, as God
bentreats you through us; we beseech
you on behalf of Christ, Be
2reconciled to God.
2 Cor. 5
:21
5:21
Him who did
1not know sin He made
2asin on our behalf that we might become the
3brighteousness of God
4in Him.
