2Corinthians:5

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* For we know that if our earthly house , this tent , is destroyed , we have a building from God , a house not made by hand , eternal in the heavens . * For also in this we groan , earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven , * if indeed , having been clothed , we shall not be found naked . * For we who are in this tent groan , being burdened , inasmuch as we do not desire to be stripped , but to put on [clothing ], that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life . * Now He who has prepared us for this same thing is God , who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit . * Therefore always being confident , and knowing that while we are in the body , we are away from home from the Lord * (for we walk by faith , not by sight ), * but we are confident and prefer rather to be away from home from the body , and to be at home with the Lord . * Therefore also we have as our ambition , whether being at home , or being away from home , to be well pleasing to Him . * For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ , that each one may receive the things done in the body , in accordance with the things which he did , whether good or bad . * Knowing , therefore , the fear of the Lord , we persuade men ; but we have been made known to God . And I also hope to have been made known in your consciences . * For we do not commend ourselves again to you , but give to you an opportunity of boasting on our behalf , so that you may have [an answer ] for those who boast in appearance and not in heart . * For if we were beside ourselves , it [was ] for God ; or if we are of sound mind , [it is ] for you . * For the love of Christ compels us , having concluded this : that if One died for all , then all died ; * and He died for all , so that they who live should live no longer for themselves , but for the [One ] who died for them and rose again . * Therefore , from now on , we regard no one according to the flesh . Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh , yet now we know [Him thus ] no longer . * Therefore , if anyone is in Christ , he is a new creation ; the old things passed away ; behold , all things have become new . * And all things are of God , who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ , and who gave to us the ministry of this reconciliation , * that is , that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself , not reckoning their transgressions to them , and committing to us the word of this reconciliation . * Now then , we serve as ambassadors for Christ , as though God were appealing through us : we implore [you ] on Christ 's behalf , be reconciled to God . * For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us , so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him .

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