歌林多後書 5
渴望天上的居所
1 我們知道，如果我們在地上的帳棚拆毀了，我們必得著從 神而來的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是天上永存的房屋。2 我們現今在這帳棚裡面歎息，渴望遷到那天上的住處，好像換上新的衣服；3 如果穿上了，就不會赤身出現了。4 我們這些在帳棚裡面的人，勞苦歎息，是由於不願意脫去這個，卻願意穿上那個，使這必死的被生命吞滅。
5 那在我們身上完成了工作，使我們達成這目標的，就是 神。他已經把聖靈賜給我們作憑據。
6 我們既然一向都是坦然無懼的，又知道住在身內就是與主分開（7 因為我們行事是憑著信心，不是憑著眼見），8 現在還是坦然無懼，寧願與身體分開，與主同住。9 因此，我們立定志向，無論住在身內或是與身體分開，都要討主的喜悅。
10 因為我們眾人都必須在基督的審判臺前顯露出來，使各人按著本身所行的，或善或惡，受到報應。
勸人與 神和好
11 我們既然知道主是可畏的，就勸勉眾人。我們在 神面前是顯明的，我盼望在你們的良心裡也是顯明的。12 我們不是又再向你們推薦自己，而是給你們機會以我們為樂，使你們可以應付那些只誇外貌不誇內心的人。13 如果我們瘋狂，那是為了 神；如果我們清醒，那是為了你們。14 原來基督的愛催逼著我們，因為我們斷定一個人替眾人死了，眾人就都死了。
15 他替眾人死了，為的是要使活著的人不再為自己活著，卻為那替他們死而復活的主而活。
16 所以，從今以後，我們不再按照人的看法認識人；雖然我們曾經按照人的看法認識基督，但現在不再這樣了。17 如果有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已經過去，你看，都變成新的了！18 這一切都是出於 神，他藉著基督使我們與他自己和好，並且把這和好的職分賜給我們，19 就是 神在基督裡使世人與他自己和好，不再追究他們的過犯，並且把和好的道理託付了我們。20 因此，我們就是基督的使者， 神藉著我們勸告世人。我們代替基督請求你們：跟 神和好吧！
21 神使那無罪的替我們成為有罪的，使我們在他裡面成為 神的義。
2 Corinthians 5
Living by Faith, Not by Sight
1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in,s is dismantled,t we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.2 For in this earthly houset we groan, because we desire to put ont our heavenly dwelling,3 if indeed, after we have put ons our heavenly house,t we will not be found naked.4 For we groan while we are in this tent,s since we are weighed down,t because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purposet is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.t6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on eartht we are absent from the Lord –7 for we livet by faith, not by sight.8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be awayt from the body and at home with the Lord.9 So then whether we are alivet or away, we make it our ambition to please him.t
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,s so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.t
The Message of Reconciliation
11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord,t we try to persuadet people,t but we are well knownt to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.12 We are not trying to commendt ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us,t so that you may be able to answer those who take pridet in outward appearancet and not in what is in the heart.13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.14 For the love of Christt controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christt died for all; therefore all have died.15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.t16 So then from now on we acknowledget no one from an outward human point of view.t Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view,t now we do not know him in that way any longer.17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed awayt – look, what is news has come!t18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given ust the message of reconciliation.20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His pleat through us. We plead with yout on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”
21 Godt made the one who did not know sins to be sin for us, so that in hims we would become the righteousness of God.
