2 Corinthians 5
Paul teaches that believers long for their heavenly dwelling and live by faith, not by sight. If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come, the old has gone, the new is here! God has given us the ministry of reconciliation, making us Christ's ambassadors to the world.
2 CorinthiansChapter 5 of 1321 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Jesus
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For 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.
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
For 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.
And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
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.
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.
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.
If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
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.
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.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 8: Who shut the door, and why does it matter?
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 9: Where does this land in Christ?
In the beginning God created — if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Read Genesis 1:1›All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
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.
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.
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 3: What do the garments of skin in Genesis 3:21 point to?
Scapegoat — God made him who had no sin to be sin for us
“Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.”
Read Leviticus 16:21›Read next
How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 5
“Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.”
2 Corinthians 5:17Ezekiel 36:26
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
2 Corinthians 5:17Ephesians 4:22
“to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;”
2 Corinthians 5:211 Peter 2:22
““He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.””
2 Corinthians 5:211 Peter 3:18
“For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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