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οιδαμεν γαρ οτι εαν η επιγειος ημων οικια του σκηνους καταλυθη οικοδομην εκ θεου εχομεν οικιαν αχειροποιητον αιωνιον εν τοις ουρανοις

και γαρ εν τουτω στεναζομεν το οικητηριον ημων το εξ ουρανου επενδυσασθαι επιποθουντες

ει γε και ενδυσαμενοι ου γυμνοι ευρεθησομεθα

και γαρ οι οντες εν τω σκηνει στεναζομεν βαρουμενοι εφ ω ου θελομεν εκδυσασθαι αλλ επενδυσασθαι ινα καταποθη το θνητον υπο της ζωης

ο δε κατεργασαμενος ημας εις αυτο τουτο θεος ο δους ημιν τον αρραβωνα του πνευματος

θαρρουντες ουν παντοτε και ειδοτες οτι ενδημουντες εν τω σωματι εκδημουμεν απο του κυριου

δια πιστεως γαρ περιπατουμεν ου δια ειδους

θαρρουμεν δε και ευδοκουμεν μαλλον εκδημησαι εκ του σωματος και ενδημησαι προς τον κυριον

διο και φιλοτιμουμεθα ειτε ενδημουντες ειτε εκδημουντες ευαρεστοι αυτω ειναι

10 τους γαρ παντας ημας φανερωθηναι δει εμπροσθεν του βηματος του χριστου ινα κομισηται εκαστος τα δια του σωματος προς α επραξεν ειτε αγαθον ειτε φαυλον

11 ειδοτες ουν τον φοβον του κυριου ανθρωπους πειθομεν θεω δε πεφανερωμεθα ελπιζω δε και εν ταις συνειδησεσιν υμων πεφανερωσθαι

12 ου παλιν εαυτους συνιστανομεν υμιν αλλα αφορμην διδοντες υμιν καυχηματος υπερ ημων ινα εχητε προς τους εν προσωπω καυχωμενους και μη εν καρδια

13 ειτε γαρ εξεστημεν θεω ειτε σωφρονουμεν υμιν

14 η γαρ αγαπη του χριστου συνεχει ημας κριναντας τουτο οτι εις υπερ παντων απεθανεν αρα οι παντες απεθανον

15 και υπερ παντων απεθανεν ινα οι ζωντες μηκετι εαυτοις ζωσιν αλλα τω υπερ αυτων αποθανοντι και εγερθεντι

16 ωστε ημεις απο του νυν ουδενα οιδαμεν κατα σαρκα ει και εγνωκαμεν κατα σαρκα χριστον αλλα νυν ουκετι γινωσκομεν

17 ωστε ει τις εν χριστω καινη κτισις τα αρχαια παρηλθεν ιδου γεγονεν καινα

18 τα δε παντα εκ του θεου του καταλλαξαντος ημας εαυτω δια χριστου και δοντος ημιν την διακονιαν της καταλλαγης

19 ως οτι θεος ην εν χριστω κοσμον καταλλασσων εαυτω μη λογιζομενος αυτοις τα παραπτωματα αυτων και θεμενος εν ημιν τον λογον της καταλλαγης

20 υπερ χριστου ουν πρεσβευομεν ως του θεου παρακαλουντος δι ημων δεομεθα υπερ χριστου καταλλαγητε τω θεω

21 τον μη γνοντα αμαρτιαν υπερ ημων αμαρτιαν εποιησεν ινα ημεις γενωμεθα δικαιοσυνη θεου εν αυτω

Sappiamo infatti che se questa tenda, che è la nostra abitazione terrena, viene disfatta, noi abbiamo da parte di Dio un edificio, un'abitazione non fatta da mano d'uomo eterna nei cieli.

Poiché in questa tenda noi gemiamo, desiderando di essere rivestiti della nostra abitazione celeste

se pure saremo trovati vestiti e non nudi.

Noi infatti che siamo in questa tenda gemiamo, essendo aggravati, e perciò non desideriamo già di essere spogliati ma rivestiti, affinché ciò che è mortale sia assorbito dalla vita.

Or colui che ci ha formati proprio per questo è Dio, il quale ci ha anche dato la caparra dello Spirito.

Noi dunque abbiamo sempre fiducia e sappiamo che mentre dimoriamo nel corpo, siamo lontani dal Signore.

Camminiamo infatti per fede, e non per visione.

Ma siamo fiduciosi e abbiamo molto piú caro di partire dal corpo e andare ad abitare con il Signore.

Perciò ci studiamo di essergli graditi, sia che abitiamo nel corpo, sia che partiamo da esso.

10 Noi tutti infatti dobbiamo comparire davanti al tribunale di Cristo, affinché ciascuno riceva la retribuzione delle cose fatte nel corpo in base a ciò che ha fatto, sia in bene che in male.

11 Conoscendo dunque il timore del Signore, persuadiamo gli uomini, e siamo conosciuti da Dio, or io spero di essere conosciuto anche dalle vostre coscienze.

12 Perché non ci raccomandiamo di nuovo a voi, ma vi diamo l'opportunità di essere orgogliosi di noi, affinché possiate rispondere a coloro che si gloriano nell'apparenza e non nel cuore.

13 Infatti se siamo fuori di senno, lo siamo per Dio, e se siamo di buon senno lo siamo per voi.

14 Poiché l'amore di Cristo ci costringe, essendo giunti alla conclusione che, se uno è morto per tutti, dunque tutti sono morti;

15 e che egli è morto per tutti, affinché quelli che vivono, non vivano piú d'ora in avanti per sé stessi, ma per colui che è morto ed è risuscitato per loro.

16 Perciò d'ora in avanti noi non conosciamo nessuno secondo la carne; e anche se abbiamo conosciuto Cristo secondo la carne, ora però non lo conosciamo piú cosí.

17 Se dunque uno è in Cristo, egli è una nuova creatura; le cose vecchie sono passate; ecco, tutte le cose sono diventate nuove.

18 Ora tutte le cose sono da Dio, che ci ha riconciliati a sé per mezzo di Gesú Cristo e ha dato a noi il ministero della riconciliazione,

19 poiché Dio ha riconciliato il mondo con sé in Cristo, non imputando agli uomini i loro falli, ed ha posto in noi la parola della riconciliazione.

20 Noi dunque facciamo da ambasciatori per Cristo, come se Dio esortasse per mezzo nostro, e noi vi esortiamo per amore di Cristo: Siate riconciliati con Dio.

21 Poiché egli ha fatto essere peccato per noi colui che non ha conosciuto peccato, affinché noi potessimo diventare giustizia di Dio in lui.

Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan,(C) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(D) because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan(E) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(F) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(G)

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight.(H) We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(I) So we make it our goal to please him,(J) whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us(K) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord,(L) we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.(M) 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again,(N) but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us,(O) so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13 If we are “out of our mind,”(P) as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(Q) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(R) but for him who died for them(S) and was raised again.

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly(T) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(U) the new creation(V) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(W) 18 All this is from God,(X) who reconciled us to himself through Christ(Y) and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(Z) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(AA) as though God were making his appeal through us.(AB) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(AC) 21 God made him who had no sin(AD) to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(AE)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.