2 Corinthians 5

2 Corinthians 5:1

• For we
• We

• know that if our earthly house, the tent we

• live in,
• live in

• is

• destroyed,
• torn down,
• taken down,

• we have a building from God, a house not

• made with
• made by

• hands,
• hands, but
• hands but

• eternal, in the
• eternal in the

• heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:2

• For in this tent
• For indeed, in this house
• For indeed in this house

• we groan, longing to

• put on
• be clothed with

• our heavenly

• home.
• home
• home,
• dwelling—
• dwelling,
• habitation

2 Corinthians 5:3

• if so be that being clothed
• It will clothe

• we
• us and we
• us, and we

• will
• shall

• not be

• found naked,
• found naked.
• naked.

2 Corinthians 5:4

• [Translation pending]

2 Corinthians 5:5

• He who has prepared
• Now the one who prepared
• Now the one who has prepared

• us for this very

• thing
• purpose

• is God, who

• has given
• gave
• gave to

• us the Spirit as a

• down
• first

• payment.

2 Corinthians 5:6

• So, we
• So we
• Therefore we
• We

• are

• always confident, even though
• always confident; even though

• we know that while we are at home in the

• body,
• body

• we are

• away from the
• absent from the

• Lord.
• Lord,—
• Lord,
• Lord;
• Lord—

2 Corinthians 5:7

• for we
• For we
• We

• live by
• walk by
• live by what

• faith,
• faith and

• not by
• not by what

• sight;
• sight,
• sight.
• sight—
• seeing.
• we can see.

2 Corinthians 5:8

• we
• We
• Thus we
• Yes, we
• So I say that we

• are

• confident,
• confident, and

• we would

• rather to
• rather
• prefer to

• be absent from the
• leave the
• be away from this

• body, and to
• body and to
• body and

• be at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:9

• Therefore
• Wherefore

• also we
• we

• make it our

• aim, whether at
• ambition, whether at

• home or absent, to

• be
• be well

• pleasing to
• acceptable to

• Him.
• him,
• him.

2 Corinthians 5:10

• [Translation pending]

2 Corinthians 5:11

• Therefore, because
• Therefore, since
• Therefore since

• we know the fear of the

• Lord,
• Lord. So

• we try to persuade

• men, but
• men; but
• others; but
• people, but

• we are well known to

• God; and
• God, and

• I

• hope
• hope that

• we
• it

• are
• is

• also
• well

• plain to
• known to

• your

• consciences.
• conscience.

2 Corinthians 5:12

• We
• For we

• are
• do

• not “
• not
• n’t

• commending
• trying to commend
• trying to prove

• ourselves to you again, but

• are
• we are

• giving

• you an
• you a
• you

• opportunity to
• chance to
• occasion to

• be proud of
• boast about
• boast on
• take pride in

• us;
• us,

• so that you may

• have an
• have
• be able to

• answer those who
• answer for those who

• boast in
• take pride in

• appearance, and
• appearance and
• appearance

• not in

• heart;
• heart.

2 Corinthians 5:13

• For if we
• If we

• are “out of
• are out of
• seem out of

• our

• minds,
• mind,

• it

• is for
• was for
• ’s for

• God. If
• God; if
• God; or if
• God. Or if
• God. And if
• God; and if

• we

• are of
• are in
• are
• have

• sound mind—
• sound mind,
• our right mind,
• our right minds,
• rational,
• sober mind,

• it

• is for
• ’s for

• you.
• you,
• your sake.

2 Corinthians 5:14

• For Christ’s love compels

• us, because
• us; because

• we

• judge
• are

• convinced that one

• died for all,
• died for all;
• died for all and
• died for all, and
• has died for all,
• has died for all;

• therefore, all
• therefore all
• then all

• died;
• died.
• have died;
• have died.

2 Corinthians 5:15

• And he
• and He
• And He
• Christ

• died for all,
• died for all
• died for all in
• died for all, in

• so that those who
• order that those who

• live

• should
• might
• would

• no longer live for

• themselves, but for
• themselves but for
• themselves but for the
• themselves, but for the

• Him who
• him who
• one who

• died for

• them and
• them, and

• was
• rose

• raised.
• raised again.
• raised from death so that they would live for him.

2 Corinthians 5:16

• Therefore, from
• Therefore from
• So from
• So then from
• So then, from

• now on
• now on,

• we regard no one according to the

• flesh;
• flesh.

• even though
• Even though
• even if
• Even if

• we

• have
• once

• known
• knew
• regarded

• Christ according to the flesh, yet now we

• know
• regard

• him in that
• Him in this

• way no longer.

2 Corinthians 5:17

• Therefore, if anyone
• Therefore if anyone
• Anyone who
• So then, if anyone

• is in
• belongs to

• Christ,
• Christ
• Christ, there
• Christ, he

• is a
• he is a

• new

• creation. The
• creation: the
• creation; the
• person. The
• creation!
• creation;

• old
• old life

• is

• gone! The
• gone, the

• new

• has
• things have
• life has

• come.
• come!
• begun!
• begun.

2 Corinthians 5:18

• All this is from
• And all these things are from
• And all this is from

• God, who
• God who
• God, who has
• God, who through Christ

• reconciled us to

• himself through
• Himself through

• Christ and
• Christ, and
• Christ and who
• Christ, and who

• gave
• has given
• given
• he gave

• us the

• ministry of
• Ministry of

• reconciliation,
• reconciliation;
• reconciliation.
• Reconciliation—
• reconciliation:

2 Corinthians 5:19

• namely, that God was in

• Christ,
• Christ

• reconciling the
• making peace between the

• world to

• himself,
• Himself,

• not

• counting
• counting people

• their
• ’s
• people’s
• men’s

• trespasses against
• sins against
• faults against

• them and
• them, and
• them. And
• them. And he
• them, and he

• entrusting to
• has committed to
• has given

• us the
• us with the
• us this

• message of
• word of

• reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:20

• So we
• Therefore, we
• Therefore we

• are

• ambassadors for
• ambassadors on

• Christ, as though God

• were
• were making His
• were making his

• appeal through

• us:
• us;
• us.

• we
• We

• implore
• beg

• you on behalf of

• Christ,
• Christ, “

• be
• Be
• be at

• reconciled to
• peace with

• God!
• God.”
• God.
• God!”

2 Corinthians 5:21

• He
• God

• made

• Him who
• him who
• Christ

• knew no
• had no

• sin to

• be
• become

• sin for us, so that in him we

• might
• could

• become the
• be
• be made one with the

• righteousness of
• right with

• God.
• God in him.
• God in Him.