Bible Gateway passage: 2 Corinthians 5 - English Standard Version (2024)

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Our Heavenly Dwelling

5For we know that if ^(A)the tent that is ^(B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, ^(C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ²For in this tent ^(D)we groan, longing to ^(E)put on our heavenly dwelling, ³if indeed by putting it on^[a] we may not be found naked. ⁴For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal ^(F)may be swallowed up by life. ⁵He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, ^(G)who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

⁶So we are always of good courage. We know that ^(H)while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, ⁷for ^(I)we walk by faith, not ^(J)by sight. ⁸Yes, we are of good courage, and we ^(K)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to ^(L)please him. ¹⁰For ^(M)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ^(N)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

¹¹Therefore, knowing ^(O)the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But ^(P)what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. ¹²^(Q)We are not commending ourselves to you again but ^(R)giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. ¹³For if we ^(S)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. ¹⁴For the love of Christ ^(T)controls us, because we have concluded this: that ^(U)one has died for all, therefore all have died; ¹⁵and he died for all, ^(V)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but ^(W)for him who for their sake died and was raised.

¹⁶From now on, therefore, ^(X)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. ¹⁷Therefore, if anyone is ^(Y)in Christ, he is ^(Z)a new creation.^[b] ^(AA)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. ¹⁸All this is from God, ^(AB)who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us ^(AC)the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹that is, in Christ God was reconciling^[c] the world to himself, ^(AD)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ^(AE)the message of reconciliation. ²⁰Therefore, ^(AF)we are ambassadors for Christ, ^(AG)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹^(AH)For our sake he made him to be sin ^(AI)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become ^(AJ)the righteousness of God.

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 5:3 Some manuscripts putting it off
2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature
2 Corinthians 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling

Cross references

2 Corinthians 5:1 : 2 Pet. 1:13, 14
2 Corinthians 5:1 : See ch. 4:7
2 Corinthians 5:1 : Mark 14:58
2 Corinthians 5:2 : Rom. 8:23
2 Corinthians 5:2 : [1 Cor. 15:53, 54]
2 Corinthians 5:4 : 1 Cor. 15:54
2 Corinthians 5:5 : [Rom. 8:23]; See ch. 1:22
2 Corinthians 5:6 : [Heb. 11:13, 14]
2 Corinthians 5:7 : [John 20:29]; See ch. 4:18
2 Corinthians 5:7 : 1 Cor. 13:12
2 Corinthians 5:8 : [Phil. 1:23]
2 Corinthians 5:9 : [Col. 1:10; 1 Thess. 4:1]
2 Corinthians 5:10 : Matt. 25:31, 32; [Rom. 14:10]; See Acts 10:42
2 Corinthians 5:10 : See Ps. 62:12
2 Corinthians 5:11 : [Job 31:23; Acts 9:31; Heb. 10:31; Jude 23]
2 Corinthians 5:11 : ch. 4:2
2 Corinthians 5:12 : See ch. 3:1
2 Corinthians 5:12 : [ch. 1:14]
2 Corinthians 5:13 : ch. 11:1, 16, 17; 12:6, 11
2 Corinthians 5:14 : Acts 18:5
2 Corinthians 5:14 : Rom. 5:15
2 Corinthians 5:15 : [Rom. 6:11, 12]; See Rom. 14:7
2 Corinthians 5:15 : [ch. 12:10]
2 Corinthians 5:16 : [Gal. 2:6; Phil. 3:7, 8; Col. 2:11; 1 Tim. 5:21]
2 Corinthians 5:17 : ch. 12:2; Rom. 16:7; Gal. 1:22
2 Corinthians 5:17 : [John 3:3]; See Rom. 6:4
2 Corinthians 5:17 : Isa. 43:18, 19; Rev. 21:5; [Isa. 65:17; Eph. 2:15; 4:24; Heb. 8:13]
2 Corinthians 5:18 : Col. 1:20; See Rom. 5:10; 1 John 2:2
2 Corinthians 5:18 : Rom. 5:11
2 Corinthians 5:19 : Ps. 32:2; Rom. 4:8
2 Corinthians 5:19 : [See ver. 18 above]; Rom. 5:11
2 Corinthians 5:20 : Eph. 6:20; [Mal. 2:7; Gal. 4:14]
2 Corinthians 5:20 : ch. 6:1
2 Corinthians 5:21 : Rom. 8:3; Gal. 3:13; See Rom. 4:25
2 Corinthians 5:21 : See 1 Pet. 2:22
2 Corinthians 5:21 : See Rom. 1:17; 1 Cor. 1:30