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2 Corinthians 5

The Temporal and Eternal

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For we knowg3609a that ifg1437  1the  aearthlyg1919  btentg4636 which is our houseg3624 is torng2647 downg2647, we haveg2192 a buildingg3619 from Godg2316, a houseg3624  cnot madeg886 with handsg886, eternalg166 in the heavensg3772.

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For indeedg2532 in thisg3778 house we  agroang4727, longingg1971 to be  bclothedg1902 with our dwellingg3613 from heaveng3772,

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inasmuchg1489 as we, having putg1746a it on, will not be foundg2147 nakedg1131.

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For indeedg2532 while we are in thisg3588 tentg4636, we  agroang4727, being burdenedg916, becauseg1909g3739 we do not wantg2309 to be unclothedg1562 but to be  bclothedg1902, sog2443 that whatg2349 is  cmortalg2349 will be swallowedg2666 up by lifeg2222.

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Nowg1161 He who preparedg2716 us for thisg3778 veryg846 purpose is Godg2316, who  agaveg1325 to us the Spiritg4151 as a  1pledgeg728.

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Thereforeg3767, being alwaysg3842 of goodg2292 courageg2292, and knowingg3609a that  awhile we are at homeg1736 in the bodyg4983 we are absentg1553 from the Lordg2962--

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for  awe walkg4043 by faithg4102, not by  1sightg1491b--

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we are of goodg2292 courageg2292, I say, and  apreferg2106 ratherg3123 to be absentg1553 from the bodyg4983 and  bto be at homeg1736 with the Lordg2962.

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Thereforeg1352 we alsog2532 haveg5389 as our ambitiong5389, whetherg1535a at homeg1736 org1535a absentg1553, to be  apleasingg2101 to Him.

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For we mustg1163 allg3956 appearg5319 beforeg1715  athe judgmentg968 seatg968 of Christg5547, sog2443 that eachg1538 oneg1538 may be recompensedg2865 for  1his deeds in the bodyg4983, accordingg4314 to whatg3739 he has doneg4238, whetherg1535a goodg18 org1535a badg5337.

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Thereforeg3767, knowingg3609a the  afearg5401 of the Lordg2962, we persuadeg3982 meng444, but we are madeg5319 manifestg5319 to Godg2316; and I hopeg1679 that we are  bmadeg5319 manifestg5319 alsog2532 in your consciencesg4893.

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We are not  aagaing3825 commendingg4921 ourselvesg1438 to you but are givingg1325 you an  boccasiong874 to be proudg2745 of us, sog2443 that you will haveg2192 an answer for thoseg3588 who takeg2744 prideg2744 in appearanceg4383 and not in heartg2588.

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For ifg1535a we  1are  abesideg1839 ourselvesg1839, it is for Godg2316; ifg1535a we are of soundg4993 mindg4993, it is for you.

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For the loveg26 of Christg5547  acontrolsg4912 us, having concludedg2919 thisg3778, that  boneg1520 diedg599 for allg3956, thereforeg686 allg3956 diedg599;

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and He diedg599 for allg3956, sog2443 that they who liveg2198 might nog3371 longerg3371  aliveg2198 for themselvesg1438, but for Him who diedg599 and roseg1453 againg1453 on their behalfg5228.

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Thereforeg5620 from nowg3568 on we recognizeg3609a nog3762 oneg3762  1 aaccordingg2596 to the fleshg4561; eveng2532 thoughg1487 we have knowng1097 Christg5547  1accordingg2596 to the fleshg4561, yetg235 nowg3568 we knowg1097 Him in this way nog3765 longerg3765.

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Thereforeg5620 ifg1487 anyoneg5100 is  ain Christg5547,  1he is  ba newg2537 creatureg2937;  cthe oldg744 thingsg744 passedg3928 awayg3928; beholdg2400, newg2537 thingsg2537 have comeg1096.

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Nowg1161  aallg3956 these thingsg3956 are from Godg2316,  bwhog3588 reconciledg2644 us to Himselfg1438 throughg1223 Christg5547 and gaveg1325 us the  cministryg1248 of reconciliationg2643,

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namelyg5613, that  aGodg2316 was in Christg5547 reconcilingg2644 the worldg2889 to Himselfg1438,  bnot countingg3049 their trespassesg3900 against them, and  1He has  2committedg5087 to us the wordg3056 of reconciliationg2643.

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Thereforeg3767, we are  aambassadorsg4243 for Christg5547,  bas thoughg5613 Godg2316 were makingg3870 an appealg3870 throughg1223 us; we begg1189a you on behalfg5228 of Christg5547, be  creconciledg2644 to Godg2316.

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He madeg4160 Him who  aknewg1097 nog3361 sing266 to be  bsing266 on our behalfg5228, sog2443 that we might becomeg1096 the  crighteousnessg1343 of Godg2316 in Him.



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