2 Corinthians 5:1-5
PAUL'S LONGING FOR THE FUTURE GLORY. Paul's expectation of a glorified body:... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S LONGING FOR THE FUTURE GLORY. Paul's expectation of a glorified body:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE KNOW THAT IF OUR EARTHLY HOUSE OF THIS TABERNACLE WERE DISSOLVED, WE HAVE A BUILDING OF GOD, AN HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IN THIS WE GROAN, EARNESTLY DESIRING TO BE CLOTHED UPON WITH OUR HOUSE WHICH IS FROM HEAVEN,... [ Continue Reading ]
IF SO BE THAT BEING CLOTHED WE SHALL NOT BE FOUND NAKED.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE THAT ARE IN THIS TABERNACLE DO GROAN, BEING BURDENED; NOT FOR THAT WE WOULD BE UNCLOTHED, BUT CLOTHED UPON, THAT MORTALITY MIGHT BE SWALLOWED UP OF LIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW HE THAT HATH WROUGHT US FOR THE SELFSAME THING IS GOD, WHO ALSO HATH GIVEN US THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT. In comparing the afflictions of this present time with the future glory, chap. 4:17, Paul had declared the former to be light, insignificant, in comparison with the latter. And therefore he h... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT, KNOWING THAT, WHILST WE ARE AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE ABSENT FROM THE LORD;... [ Continue Reading ]
Confident of Christ's acceptance:... [ Continue Reading ]
(FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT;)... [ Continue Reading ]
WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE WE LABOR, THAT, WHETHER PRESENT OR ABSENT, WE MAY BE ACCEPTED OF HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF CHRIST, THAT EVERY ONE MAY RECEIVE THE THINGS DONE IN HIS BODY, ACCORDING TO THAT HE HATH DONE, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD. The confidence of the believers is here brought out in the most definite terms: Since we are therefore always of good courage... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING, THEREFORE, THE TERROR OF THE LORD, WE PERSUADE MEN; BUT WE ARE MADE MANIFEST UNTO GOD, AND, I TRUST, ALSO ARE MADE MANIFEST IN YOUR CONSCIENCES.... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST. The love of Christ his ruling motive:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN UNTO YOU, BUT GIVE YOU OCCASION TO GLORY ON OUR BEHALF, THAT YE MAY HAVE SOMEWHAT TO ANSWER THEM WHICH GLORY IN APPEARANCE, AND NOT IN HEART.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHETHER WE BE BESIDE OURSELVES, IT IS TO GOD; OR WHETHER WE BE SOBER, IT IS FOR YOUR CAUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINTS US, BECAUSE WE THUS JUDGE, THAT IF ONE DIED FOR ALL, THEN WERE ALL DEAD;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT HE DIED FOR ALL, THAT THEY WHICH LIVE SHOULD NOT HENCEFORTH LIVE UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT UNTO HIM WHICH DIED FOR THEM AND ROSE AGAIN. The apostle, first of all, repeats his assertion as to the sincerity of his purpose in his ministry: Since, now, we know the fear of the Lord, we persuade men.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, HENCEFORTH KNOW WE NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH; YEA, THOUGH WE HAVE KNOWN CHRIST AFTER THE FLESH, YET NOW HENCEFORTH KNOW WE HIM NO MORE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The ministry of reconciliation:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE; OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD, WHO HATH RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF BY JESUS CHRIST, AND HATH GIVEN TO US THE, MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WIT, THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES UNTO THEM; AND HATH COMMITTED UNTO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, THEN, WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD DID BESEECH YOU BY US; WE PRAY YOU IN CHRIST'S STEAD, BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US WHO KNEW NO SIN, THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. So completely has Paul entered into the spirit of Christ's vicarious work that he wants to apply its practical demands to all circumstances of life: So that we from now on know nobody accord... [ Continue Reading ]