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2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

13 [a]Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we too believe and therefore speak,(A) 14 knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence.(B) 15 Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.(C)

16 [b]Therefore, we are not discouraged;[c] rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.(D) 17 For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,(E) 18 as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.(F)

Chapter 5

Our Future Destiny. 1 (G)For we know that if our earthly dwelling,[d] a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

Notas al pie

  1. 4:13–14 Like the psalmist, Paul clearly proclaims his faith, affirming life within himself despite death (2 Cor 4:10–11) and the life-giving effect of his experience upon the church (2 Cor 4:12, 14–15). And place us with you in his presence: Paul imagines God presenting him and them to Jesus at the parousia and the judgment; cf. 2 Cor 11:2; Rom 14:10.
  2. 4:16–18 In a series of contrasts Paul explains the extent of his faith in life. Life is not only already present and revealing itself (2 Cor 4:8–11, 16) but will outlast his experience of affliction and dying: it is eternal (2 Cor 4:17–18).
  3. 4:16 Not discouraged: i.e., despite the experience of death. Paul is still speaking of himself personally, but he assumes his faith and attitude will be shared by all Christians. Our outer self: the individual subject of ordinary perception and observation, in contrast to the interior and hidden self, which undergoes renewal. Is being renewed day by day: this suggests a process that has already begun; cf. 2 Cor 3:18. The renewal already taking place even in Paul’s dying is a share in the life of Jesus, but this is recognized only by faith (2 Cor 4:13, 18; 2 Cor 5:7).
  4. 5:1 Our earthly dwelling: the same contrast is restated in the imagery of a dwelling. The language recalls Jesus’ saying about the destruction of the temple and the construction of another building not made with hands (Mk 14:58), a prediction later applied to Jesus’ own body (Jn 2:20).
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