<vn='1'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1919">earthly</s><sn="3614">house</s> of this <sn="4636">tabernacle</s> were <sn="2647">dissolved</s>, we <sn="2192">have</s> a <sn="3619">building</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, a <sn="3614">house</s> not made with <sn="886">hands</s>, <sn="166">eternal</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="*2532">we</s><sn="4727">groan</s>, earnestly <sn="1971">desiring</s> to be clothed <sn="1902">upon</s> with <sn="2257">our</s><sn="3613">house</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>If so <sn="1489">be</s><sn="*2532">that</s> being <sn="1746">clothed</s> we shall <sn="3756">not</s> be <sn="2147">found</s><sn="1131">naked</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1063">For</s> we that <sn="5607">are</s><sn="1722">in</s> this <sn="4636">tabernacle</s> do <sn="4727">groan</s>, being <sn="916">burdened</s>: <sn="3756">not</s> for <sn="1909 3739">that</s> we <sn="2309">would</s> be <sn="1562">unclothed</s>, <sn="235">but</s> clothed <sn="1902">upon</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2349">mortality</s> might be swallowed <sn="2666">up</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">Now</s> he that hath <sn="2716">wrought</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1519">for</s> the selfsame <sn="846 5124">thing</s> is <sn="2316">God</s>, who also hath <sn="1325 2532">given</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="728">earnest</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3767">Therefore</s> we are <sn="3842">always</s><sn="2292">confident</s>, <sn="*1492">knowing</s><sn="3754">that</s>, whilst we are at <sn="1736">home</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s>, we are <sn="1553">absent</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>( <sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="1491">sight</s>:) </v>
<vn='8'><sn="*1161"></s> We are <sn="2292">confident</s>, I say, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2106">willing</s><sn="3123">rather</s> to be <sn="1553">absent</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to be <sn="1736">present</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s><sn="*2532">we</s><sn="5389">labor</s>, that, <sn="1535">whether</s><sn="1736">present</s><sn="1535">or</s><sn="1553">absent</s>, we may <sn="1511">be</s><sn="2101">accepted</s> of <sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2248">we</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5319">appear</s><sn="1715">before</s><sn="3588">the</s> judgment <sn="968">seat</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> every <sn="1538">one</s> may <sn="2865">receive</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> done <sn="1223">in</s> his <sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="4314">according</s> to <sn="3739">that</s> he hath <sn="4238">done</s>, <sn="1535">whether</s> it be <sn="18">good</s><sn="1535">or</s><sn="2556">bad</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1492">Knowing</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5401">terror</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, we <sn="3982">persuade</s><sn="444">men</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> we are made <sn="5319">manifest</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="1161">and</s> I <sn="1679">trust</s><sn="2532">also</s> are made <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="4893">consciences</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="4921">commend</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s><sn="3825">again</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1325">give</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="874">occasion</s> to <sn="2745">glory</s> on our <sn="5228 2257">behalf</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye may <sn="2192">have</s> somewhat <sn="4314">to</s> answer them which <sn="2744">glory</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4383">appearance</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s> in <sn="2588">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1535">whether</s> we be beside <sn="1839">ourselves</s>, it is to <sn="2316">God</s>: or <sn="1535">whether</s> we be <sn="4993">sober</s>, it is for your <sn="5213">cause</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="4912">constraineth</s><sn="2248">us</s>; because we <sn="5124">thus</s><sn="2919">judge</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="1520">one</s><sn="599">died</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="686">then</s> were all <sn="599 3956">dead</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> that he <sn="599">died</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> they which <sn="2198">live</s> should not <sn="3371">henceforth</s><sn="2198">live</s> unto <sn="1438">themselves</s>, <sn="235">but</s> unto him which <sn="599">died</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> rose <sn="1453">again</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s><sn="575 3568">henceforth</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="2249">we</s> no <sn="3762">man</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>: <sn="1161">yea</s>, <sn="1499">though</s> we have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="3568">now</s> henceforth <sn="1097">know</s> we him no <sn="3765">more</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5620">Therefore</s> if any <sn="1536">man</s> be <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, he is a <sn="2537">new</s><sn="2937">creature</s>: old <sn="744">things</s> are passed <sn="3928">away</s>; <sn="2400">behold</s>, all <sn="3956">things</s> are <sn="1096">become</s><sn="2537">new</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">And</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> are <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, who hath <sn="2644">reconciled</s><sn="2248">us</s> to <sn="1438">himself</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="1325">given</s> to <sn="2254">us</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1248">ministry</s> of <sn="2643">reconciliation</s>; </v>
<vn='19'>To <sn="5613">wit</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2644">reconciling</s> the <sn="2889">world</s> unto <sn="1438">himself</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="3049">imputing</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="3900">trespasses</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="5087">committed</s><sn="1722">unto</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2643">reconciliation</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Now <sn="3767">then</s> we are <sn="4243">ambassadors</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s><sn="2316">God</s> did <sn="3870">beseech</s> you <sn="1223">by</s><sn="2257">us</s>; we <sn="1189">pray</s> you in Christ's <sn="5228 5547">stead</s>, be ye <sn="2644">reconciled</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s> he hath <sn="4160">made</s> him to be <sn="266">sin</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="2257">us</s>, who <sn="1097">knew</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="266">sin</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2249">we</s> might be <sn="1096">made</s> the <sn="1343">righteousness</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>