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2 Corinthians 5:1
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For we know that if the earthly tent which is
our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. |
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2 Corinthians 5:2
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For indeed in this house we groan, longing to
be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, |
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2 Corinthians 5:3
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inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be
found naked. |
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2 Corinthians 5:4
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For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan,
being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that
what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. |
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2 Corinthians 5:5
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Now He who prepared us for this very purpose
is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge. |
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2 Corinthians 5:6
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Therefore, being always of good courage, and
knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- |
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2 Corinthians 5:7
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for we walk by faith, not by sight-- |
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather
to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether
at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. |
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat
of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according
to what he has done, whether good or bad. |
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2 Corinthians 5:11
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Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we
persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest
also in your consciences. |
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2 Corinthians 5:12
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We are not again commending ourselves to you
but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer
for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. |
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God;
if we are of sound mind, it is for you. |
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2 Corinthians 5:14
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For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded
this, that one died for all, therefore all died; |
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2 Corinthians 5:15
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and He died for all, so that they who live might
no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. |
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2 Corinthians 5:16
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Therefore from now on we recognize no one according
to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now
we know Him in this way no longer. |
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. |
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2 Corinthians 5:18
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Now all these things are from God, who reconciled
us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, |
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2 Corinthians 5:19
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namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the
world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed
to us the word of reconciliation. |
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2 Corinthians 5:20
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Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be
reconciled to God. |
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2 Corinthians 5:21
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He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our
behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. |
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