Old/New Testament

5 ¹ For we know that if our earthly house— our tent^[a]— is torn-down^[b], we have a building^[c] from God, a house not-made-by-human-hands, eternal, in the heavens.

We Do Indeed Groan In This Body And Would Prefer To Get Home To The Lord

² For indeed in this tent we are groaning, yearning to put-on-over^[d] ourselves our dwelling from heaven— ³ inasmuch^[e] as we, having taken-off ^[f] this tent, shall not be found naked^[g]. ⁴ For indeed we, the ones being in the tent^[h], are groaning, being burdened, because we do not want to take-off ^[i] our earthly tent, but to put on our heavenly dwelling over it, in order that the mortal may be swallowed-up by the life. ⁵ And the One having made us for this very thing is God, the One having given us His pledge: the Spirit. ⁶ So while always being confident^[j], and knowing that while being-at-home in the body we are away-from-home, from the Lord ⁷ (for we walk by faith, not by appearance^[k])— ⁸ yet we are confident^[l] and prefer rather to get-away-from-home, out of the body, and to get-at-home with the Lord.

Therefore We Are Ambitious To Please Him By Persuading People

⁹ Therefore^[m] we indeed are ambitious^[n] to be pleasing to Him— whether being at-home or being away-from-home. ¹⁰ For we all must appear^[o] before the judgment-seat of Christ in order that each one might receive-back^[p] the things done in^[q] the body, in-accordance-with the things which he practiced, whether good or bad. ¹¹ Therefore knowing the fear^[r] of the Lord, we are persuading^[s] people.

Now Our Heart Has Been Made Known To God, And I Hope To You. Boast In Us

Now^[t] we have been made known to God. And I hope that we also have been made known in your consciences. ¹² We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity for a boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart. ¹³ For if we lost-our-senses, it is for God! If we are sound-minded, it is for you!

For The Love of Christ Controls Us As We Live a New Life For Him

¹⁴ For the love of ^[u] Christ controls^[v] us, we having determined this— that One died for all, therefore all died. ¹⁵ And He died for all so that the ones living might no longer be living for themselves, but for the One having died and been raised for them. ¹⁶ So then from now on, we regard^[w] no one based-on^[x] the flesh^[y]. Even though we have known Christ based on the flesh, nevertheless now we no longer are knowing Him thus. ¹⁷ So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation^[z]. The old things passed-away; behold, new things have come-into-being^[aa].

And God Gave Us This Ministry of Reconciliation As His Ambassadors

¹⁸ And all things are from God, the One having reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and having given us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹ how that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself— not counting their trespasses against them, and^[ab] having placed the message of reconciliation in us. ²⁰ Therefore, we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, since^[ac] God is appealing through us.

We Are Begging People To Be Reconciled To God...

We are begging^[ad] on behalf of Christ: “Be reconciled to God! ²¹ He made the One not having known sin to be sin for us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”...