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| 1For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. | 1We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands. |
| 2For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, | 2For in this one we sigh, since we long to put on our heavenly dwelling. |
| 3if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. | 3Of course, if we do put it on, we will not be found without a body. |
| 4For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. | 4So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life. |
| 5He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. | 5God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit as a guarantee. |
| 6So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, | 6Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord. |
| 7for we walk by faith, not by sight. | 7For we live by faith, not by sight. |
| 8Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. | 8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord. |
| 9So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. | 9So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him. |
| 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. | 10For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of the Messiah, so that each of us may receive what he deserves for what he has done in his body, whether good or worthless. |
| 11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. | 11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade people. We ourselves are perfectly known to God. I hope we are also really known to your consciences. |
| 12We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. | 12We are not recommending ourselves to you again but are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who are proud of outward things rather than inward character. |
| 13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. | 13So if we were crazy, it was for God; if we are sane, it is for you. |
| 14For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; | 14The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died. |
| 15and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. | 15He died for all people, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose for them. |
| 16From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. | 16So then, from now on we do not think of anyone from a human point of view. Even if we did think of the Messiah from a human point of view, we don't think of him that way anymore. |
| 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. | 17Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new! |
| 18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; | 18All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, |
| 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. | 19for through the Messiah, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us. |
| 20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. | 20Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!" |
| 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | 21God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that God's righteousness would be produced in us. |
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