Creation to New Creation

2 Corinthianschapter 5

21 verses · ASV

This chapter sends 438 cross-references outward and receives 651 — heaviest partner: 2 Corinthians.

Chapter summary

We know that if our earthly house were dissolved, we have a building of God. We are confident, willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. The love of Christ constraineth us. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; now we are ambassadors for Christ. He made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Calvin reads this as the apostolic charter of reconciliation.

Drafted from Matthew Henry, Calvin, Gill, Clarke, JFB, and Barnes.

Context

Epistle · Paul — see the 2 Corinthians overview for the book's full setting.

17–20 Creation to New Creation21 The Bronze Serpent

1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

3 if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight);

8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.