18NOT ARE LOOKING AT WE THE [THINGS] BEING SEEN BUT THE [THINGS] NOT BEING SEEN; THE [THINGS] FOR BEING SEEN [ARE] TEMPORARY, THE [THINGS] HOWEVER NOT BEING SEEN [ARE] ETERNAL. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
1WE KNOW FOR THAT IF THE EARTHLY OF US HOUSE THE TENT SHALL BE DESTROYED, A BUILDING FROM GOD WE HAVE, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS. Our Eternal Dwelling (Romans 8:18–27) 1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2AND INDEED IN THIS WE GROAN, THE DWELLING OF US WHICH [IS] FROM HEAVEN TO BE CLOTHED WITH LONGING; 2For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
3IF EVEN EVEN HAVING PUT OFF NOT NAKED WE WILL BE FOUND. 3because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
4AND FOR THOSE BEING IN THE TENT WE GROAN BEING BURDENED, BECAUSE THAT NOT WE DO WISH TO BE UNCLOTHED BUT TO BE CLOTHED, THAT MAY BE SWALLOWED UP THE MORTAL BY <THE> LIFE. 4For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
5THE [ONE] NOW HAVING PREPARED US FOR VERY THIS [IS] GOD, <THE> AND HAVING GIVEN TO US THE PLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT. 5And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
6BEING CONFIDENT THEREFORE ALWAYS AND KNOWING THAT BEING AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE ABSENT FROM THE LORD; 6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
8WE ARE CONFIDENT NOW AND WE ARE PLEASED RATHER TO BE ABSENT OUT OF THE BODY AND TO BE AT HOME WITH THE LORD. 8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9THEREFORE ALSO WE ARE AMBITIOUS, WHETHER BEING AT HOME OR BEING AWAY, WELL-PLEASING TO HIM TO BE; 9So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
10<THE> FOR ALL OF US TO BE REVEALED IT BEHOOVES BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT <THE> OF CHRIST, THAT MAY RECEIVE BACK EACH THE [THINGS DONE] IN THE BODY ACCORDING TO WHAT HE DID, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
11KNOWING THEREFORE THE FEAR OF THE LORD MEN WE PERSUADE TO GOD AND WE HAVE BEEN MADE MANIFEST; I HOPE NOW ALSO IN THE CONSCIENCES OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN MADE MANIFEST. Ambassadors for Christ 11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
12NOT FOR AGAIN OURSELVES ARE WE COMMENDING TO YOU, BUT OCCASION ARE GIVING TO YOU OF BOASTING ON BEHALF OF US, SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE [AN ANSWER] TOWARD THOSE IN APPEARANCE BOASTING AND NOT IN [THE] HEART. 12We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
13IF FOR WE ARE CRAZY, [IT IS] FOR GOD; OR IF WE ARE SOBER-MINDED [IT IS] FOR YOU. 13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
14THE FOR LOVE <THE> OF CHRIST COMPELS US HAVING CONCLUDED THIS, THAT IF ONE FOR ALL HAS DIED; THEREFORE <THE> ALL HAVE DIED. 14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
15AND FOR ALL HE DIED, THAT THOSE LIVING NO LONGER TO THEMSELVES MAY LIVE BUT TO THE [ONE] FOR THEM HAVING DIED AND HAVING BEEN RAISED AGAIN. 15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
16THEREFORE WE OURSELVES FROM <THE> NOW NO [ONE] KNOW ACCORDING TO [THE] FLESH; IF NOW EVEN WE HAVE REGARDED ACCORDING TO FLESH CHRIST, YET NOW NO LONGER WE REGARD [HIM THUS]. 16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way we do so no longer.
17THEREFORE IF ANYONE [IS] IN CHRIST, [HE IS] A NEW CREATION; THE OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY, BEHOLD HAS COME INTO BEING NEW <THE> ALL THINGS. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.*NoteCloseOr a new creature The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
18<THE> AND ALL THINGS [ARE] OF <THE> GOD THE [ONE WHO] HAVING RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AND HAVING GIVEN TO US THE MINISTRY <THE> OF RECONCILIATION, 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
19HOW FOR GOD WAS IN CHRIST [THE] WORLD RECONCILING TO HIMSELF, NOT RECKONING TO THEM THE TRESPASSES OF THEM, AND HAVING PUT INTO US THE WORD <THE> OF RECONCILIATION. 19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
20FOR CHRIST THEREFORE WE ARE AMBASSADORS, AS THOUGH <THE> GOD IS BESEECHING THROUGH US; WE IMPLORE ON BEHALF OF CHRIST: DO BE RECONCILED <THE> TO GOD. 20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
21THE [ONE] FOR NOT HAVING KNOWN SIN FOR US SIN HE MADE, SO THAT WE OURSELVES MAY BECOME [THE] RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. 21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin*NoteCloseOr a sin offering on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.