52 Corinthians 5

CHAP. V. / 1 That in his assured hope of immortall glorie, 9 and in expectance of it, and of the generall iudgement, hee laboureth to keepe a good conscience, 12 not that he may herein boast of himsel

1For we know that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolued, wee haue a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternall in the heauens.Select 2 Corinthians 5:1

2For in this we grone earnestly, desiring to be clothed vpō with our house, which is from heauen.Select 2 Corinthians 5:2

3If so be that being clothed we shal not be found naked.Select 2 Corinthians 5:3

4For, we that are in this tabernacle, doe grone, being burdened, not for that wee would bee vnclothed, but clothed vpon, that mortalitie might bee swallowed vp of life.Select 2 Corinthians 5:4

5Now he þt hath wrought vs for the selfe same thing, is God, who also hath giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit.Select 2 Corinthians 5:5

6Therefore we are alwayes confident, knowing that whilest wee are at home in the body, wee are absent from the Lord.Select 2 Corinthians 5:6

7(For we walke by faith, not by sight.)Select 2 Corinthians 5:7

8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.Select 2 Corinthians 5:8

9Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.Select 2 Corinthians 5:9

10For we must all appear before the iudgment seat of Christ, that euery one may receiue the things done in his body, according to that hee hath done, whether it be good or bad.Select 2 Corinthians 5:10

11Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord, we perswade men; but we are made manifest vnto God, & I trust also, are made manifest in your consciences.Select 2 Corinthians 5:11

12For we commend not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you occasion to glory on our behalfe, that you may haue somewhat to answere them, which glory in appearance, and not in heart.Select 2 Corinthians 5:12

13For whether wee be besides our selues, it is to God: or whether we bee sober, it is for your cause.Select 2 Corinthians 5:13

14For the loue of Christ constreineth vs, because wee thus iudge: that if one died for all, then were all dead:Select 2 Corinthians 5:14

15And that he died for all, that they which liue, should not hencefoorth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.Select 2 Corinthians 5:15

16Wherefore hencefoorth know we no man, after the flesh: yea, though we haue knowen Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.Select 2 Corinthians 5:16

17Therefore if any man be in Christ, hee is a new creature: old things are past away, behold, al things are become new.Select 2 Corinthians 5:17

18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled vs to himselfe by Iesus Christ, and hath giuen to vs the ministry of reconciliation.Select 2 Corinthians 5:18

19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world vnto himself, not imputing their trespasses vnto them, and hath committed vnto vs the word of reconciliation.Select 2 Corinthians 5:19

20Now then we are Ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by vs; we pray you in Christs stead, that be ye reconciled to God.Select 2 Corinthians 5:20

21For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, who knewe no sinne, that wee might bee made the righteousnesse of God in him.Select 2 Corinthians 5:21