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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 336, 2 December 2024 - 9th Day of Advent   
      
   1) 2 Corinthians 5 ,  2 Corinthians 6 ,  2 Corinthians 7 ,  2 Corinthians 8,   
   2 Corinthians 9   
      
   2 Corinthians 5   
      
   1 (2Co 4:7; 2Pe 1:13-14) We know that if our earthly house, this tent,   
   were to be destroyed, we have an eternal building of God in the heavens,   
   a house not made with hands.   
   2 (Ro 8:23; 1Co 15:53-54) In this one we groan, earnestly desiring to be   
   sheltered with our house which is from heaven.   
   3 Thus being sheltered, we shall not be found unsheltered.   
   4 (1Co 15:53-54) For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened,   
   not because we wish to be unclothed, but to be further clothed,   
   so that what is mortal might be swallowed up by life.   
   5 (Ro 8:23; 2Co 1:22) Now He who has created us for this very thing is God,   
   who also has given to us the guarantee of the Spirit.   
   6 (Heb 11:13) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are   
   at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.   
   7 (1Co 13:12; 2Co 4:18) For we walk by faith, not by sight.   
   8 Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body   
   and to be present with the Lord.   
   9 So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.   
   10 (Mt 16:27; Ac 10:42) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of   
   Christ, that each one may receive his recompense in the body, according   
   to what he has done, whether it was good or bad.   
      
   [1] 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.   
   [2] For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our   
   house which is from heaven:   
   [3] If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.   
   [4] 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.   
   [5] Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath   
   given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.   
   [6] Therefore we are always confident, 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 confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,   
   and to be present with the Lord.   
   [9] Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted   
   of him.   
   [10] 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 Ministry of Reconciliation   
      
   11 (Heb 10:31; Jude 1:23) Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord,   
   we persuade men. But we are revealed to God, and I trust we are also   
   revealed in your consciences.   
   12 (2Co 1:14; 3:1) For we are not commending ourselves again to you.   
   Instead, we give you occasion to boast on our behalf, that you may   
   have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.   
   13 (2Co 11:1; 11:16-17) If we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are   
   in our right mind, it is for you.   
   14 (Ro 5:15) For the love of Christ constrains us, because we thus judge:   
   that if one died for all, then all have died.   
   15 (Ro 14:7-9) And He died for all, that those who live should not from   
   now on live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.   
   16 (Php 3:7-8) So from now on we do not regard anyone according to the flesh.   
   Yes, though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet we do not   
   regard Him as such from now on.   
   17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,   
   he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Look, all things have   
   become new.   
   18 (Ro 5:10-11; 1Jn 2:2) All this is from God, who has reconciled us to   
   Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of   
   reconciliation,   
   19 (Isa 43:25; Mt 1:23) that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world   
   to Himself, not counting their sins against them, and has entrusted to us the   
   message of reconciliation.   
   20 (2Co 6:1; Eph 6:20) So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God   
   were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ's stead: Be reconciled to   
   God.   
   21 (Ro 1:17; 1Co 1:30) God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we   
   might become the righteousness of God in Him.   
      
   [11] 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.   
   [12] 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.   
   [13] For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be   
   sober, it is for your cause.   
   [14] For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if   
   one died for all, then were all dead:   
   [15] 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.   
   [16] 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.   
   [17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are   
   passed away; behold, all things are become new.   
   [18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus   
   Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;   
   [19] 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.   
   [20] 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.   
   [21] 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.   
      
   2 Corinthians 6   
      
   1 (1Co 3:9; Heb 12:15) As workers together with God, we ask you not to receive   
   the grace of God in vain.   
   2 (Isa 49:8; Lk 4:19) For He says:   
   "In an acceptable time I have listened to you,   
   and in the day of salvation I have helped you." (Isa 49:8.)   
   Look, now is the accepted time; look, now is the day of salvation.   
   3 (1Co 9:12; Ro 14:13) We give no offense in anything, that our service may   
   not be blamed.   
   4 (1Co 3:5; 2Co 3:6) But in all things we commend ourselves as servants   
   of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distress,   
   5 (2Co 11:23-25; Ac 17:5) in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors,   
   in sleeplessness, and in hunger;   
   6 (Ro 12:9; 2Co 11:6) by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness,   
   by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,   
   7 (2Co 4:2; Eph 1:13) by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour   
   of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,   
   8 (Mt 27:63; Ro 3:8) by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report;   
      
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