2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10.
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 (Good News Translation)
16For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical
being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after
day.
17And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us
a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.
18For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on
things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what
cannot be seen lasts forever.
1For we know that when this tent we live in—our body here on
earth—is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a
home he himself has made, which will last forever.
2And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which
comes from heaven should be put on over us;
3by being clothed with it we shall not be without a body.
4While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of
oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that
we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal
will be transformed by life.
5God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and he
gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.
6So we are always full of courage. We know that as long as we
are at home in the body we are away from the Lord's home.
7For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.
8We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home
in the body and be at home with the Lord.
9More than anything else, however, we want to please him,
whether in our home here or there.
10For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him.
We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done,
good or bad, in our bodily life.
16For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical
being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after
day.
17And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us
a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.
18For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on
things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what
cannot be seen lasts forever.
1For we know that when this tent we live in—our body here on
earth—is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a
home he himself has made, which will last forever.
2And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which
comes from heaven should be put on over us;
3by being clothed with it we shall not be without a body.
4While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of
oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that
we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal
will be transformed by life.
5God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and he
gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.
6So we are always full of courage. We know that as long as we
are at home in the body we are away from the Lord's home.
7For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.
8We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home
in the body and be at home with the Lord.
9More than anything else, however, we want to please him,
whether in our home here or there.
10For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him.
We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done,
good or bad, in our bodily life.
God bless you.
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