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2 Korinterne 5

1 Thi vi vide, at dersom vort jordiske Huus, denne Hytte, nedbrydes, have vi en Bygning af Gud, et Huus, som ikke er gjort med Hænder, evigt i Himlene.2 Thi i dette sukke vi, længselsfulde efter at overklædes med vor himmelske Bolig;3 dog saa, at vi maae findes iklædte, ikke nøgne.4 Thi saa længe vi ere i denne Hytte sukke vi besværede, efterdi vi ikke ville afklædes, men overklædes, at det Dødelige kunde blive opslugt af Livet.5 Men den, som beredte os just til dette, er Gud, som og gav os Aanden til Pant.6 Derfor ere vi altid frimodige, endog vi vide, at medens vi ere tilhuse i Legemet, ere vi borte fra Herren;7 (thi i Tro vandre vi, ikke i Beskuelse;)8 dog ere vi frimodige og have mere Behagelighed til at vandre bort fra Legemet og være hjemme hos Herren.9 Derfor beflitte vi os ogsaa, hvad heller vi ere hjemme eller ikke hjemme, at være ham velbehagelige.10 Thi os bør alle at aabenbares for Christi Domstol, at hver kan faae efter det, som skeet er ved legemet, efter det, som han har gjort, enten Godt eller Ondt.11 Efterdi vi have kjende Herrens Frygt, søge vi at vinde Mennesker; men for Gud ere vi aabenbare; ja jeg haaber, at vi ogsaa ere aabenbare for Eders Samvittighed.12 Ikke prise vi os atter selv for Eder; men vi give Eder Anledning til at rose Eder af os, paa det i kunne have Noget at svare dem, som rose sig af det Udvortes, og ikke af Hjertet.13 Thi dersom vi ikke holde Maade, da er det for Guds Skyld; og holde vi Maade, det er for Eders.14 Thi Christi Kjærlighed tvinger os,15 idet vi dømme saaledes, at dersom Een er død for Alle, da ere de alle døde; og han døde for Alle, at de, som leve skulle ikke fremdeles leve for sig selv, men han som er død og opstanden for dem.16 Saa at vi Ingen herefter ansee efter Kjødet; men dersom vi og have kjendt Christus efter Kjødet, kjende vi ham dog nu ikke mere saaledes.17 Saa at, dersom Nogen er i Christus, da er han en ny Skabning; det Gamle er forbiganget, see, Alt er blevet nyt.18 Men alt dette er af Gud, som forligte os med sig selv ved Jesus Christus og gav os Forligelsens Tjeneste;19 efterdi Gud i Christus forligte Verden med sig selv, idet han ikke tilregnede dem deres Overtrædelser og oprettede Forligelsens Ord iblandt os.20 Derfor ere vi Sendebud i Christi Sted, som og Gud formanede formedelst os; vi bede i Christi Sted: lader Eder forlige med Gud.21 Thi den, som ikke vidste af Synd, har han gjort til Synd for os, paa det vi ham skulle vorde retfærdige for Gud.

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.