Bible Passages Bridge: New Testament in a Year

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2 Corinthians 5 - Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

September 20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/2cor5-1.htm]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
================================================================================

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

5 We know that [our body]--the tent we live in here on earth--will be destroyed.
But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be a
home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever. 2But now
we are tired of this body. We want God to give us our heavenly home. 3It will clothe
us and we will not be naked. 4While we live in this tent (body), we have burdens
and we complain. I don't mean that we want to remove this tent (body). But we want
to be clothed [with our heavenly home]. Then this body that dies will be fully covered
with life. 5This is what God made us for. And he has given us the Spirit* to be
a guarantee--a proof [that he will give us this new life]. 6So we always have courage
(confidence). We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord.
7We live by what we believe, not by what we can see. 8So I say that we have confidence.
And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord. 9Our
only goal is to please God. We want to please him when we are living here [in our
body] or there [with the Lord]. 10We must all stand before Christ to be judged.
Each person will get what he should. Each person will be paid for the things he
did--good or bad--when he lived in the earthly body.
Helping People Become God's Friends

11We know what it means to fear the Lord. So we try to help people accept the truth.
God knows what we really are. And I hope that in your hearts you know us too. 12We
are not trying to prove ourselves to you again. But we are telling you about ourselves.
We are giving you reasons to be proud of us. Then you will have an answer for those
people who are proud about things that can be seen. Those people don't care about
what is in a person's heart. 13If we are crazy, then it is for God. If we have our
right mind, then it is for you. 14The love of Christ controls us. Why? Because we
know that One (Christ) has died for all people. So all have died. 15Christ died
for all people so that the people who live would not continue to live for themselves.
He died for them and was raised from death so that those people would live for him.
16From this time on we don't think of any person like the world thinks of people.
It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don't
think that way now. 17If any person is in Christ, then that person is made new.
The old things have gone; everything is made new! 18All this is from God. Through
Christ, God made peace between us and himself. And God gave us the work of bringing
people into peace with him. 19I mean that God was in Christ, making peace between
the world and himself. In Christ, God did not hold people guilty for their sins.
And he gave us this message of peace [to tell people]. 20So we have been sent to
speak for Christ. It is like God is calling to people through us. We speak for Christ
when we beg you to be at peace with God. 21Christ had no sin. But God made him become
sin. God did this for us, so that in Christ we could become right with God.

Footnotes: Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ,
and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does God's work among people in
the world.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bible Passages Bridge

Saturday, September 19, 2009

New Testament in a Year - September 20

No comments:

Post a Comment

Blog Archive