2 Corinthians 5 - NLT & NASB

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is… 2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 5:1	For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. body life death
For we live by believing and not by seeing. 2 Corinthians 5:7	For we walk by faith, not by sight. trust faith life

Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15	For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf. love life resurrection
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17	Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. creation Jesus rebirth
And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 2 Corinthians 5:18	Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. reconciliation evangelism
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19	Namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. sin salvation Jesus
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21	He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. sin righteousness mediator