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2 Corinthians Outline

      • Putting on the heavenly dwelling (1-10)

      • Ministry of reconciliation (11-21)

        • A new creation (17)

        • Ambassadors for Christ (20)

2 Corinthians 5:1

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “dissolved.”

Marginal References

  • +2Pe 1:13, 14
  • +1Co 15:50; Php 3:20, 21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1084

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

    3/1/1995, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1084; w98 2/15 15-16; w95 3/1 30;

    g73 5/8 6; w72 412; ad 1588; g57 3/8 25; w46 120

2 Corinthians 5:2

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “dwelling.”

  • *

    Or “to put on our dwelling that is.”

  • *

    Or “our heavenly dwelling.”

Marginal References

  • +Ro 6:5; 8:23; 1Co 15:48, 49

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 597

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    it-1 597; w98 2/15 15-16;

    w72 412; ad 431; w46 120

2 Corinthians 5:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 597

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    it-1 597; w98 2/15 15-16;

    ad 431; g57 3/8 25; w46 120

2 Corinthians 5:4

Marginal References

  • +1Co 15:43, 44; Php 1:21
  • +1Pe 1:3, 4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    1/2020, p. 23

    The Watchtower (Study),

    1/2016, p. 20

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w20.01 23; w16.01 20; w98 2/15 15-16;

    w46 122

2 Corinthians 5:5

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “a down payment (earnest money); a guarantee (pledge) of what is to come.”

Marginal References

  • +Eph 2:10
  • +Ro 8:23; Eph 1:13, 14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    1/2016, pp. 18-19

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w16.01 18-19; w98 2/15 15-16;

    w74 252; w46 123

2 Corinthians 5:6

Marginal References

  • +Joh 14:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w56 59; w46 123

2 Corinthians 5:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 154

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2005, pp. 16-20

    1/15/1998, pp. 8-13

    Kingdom Ministry,

    9/1996, p. 1

  • Publications Index

    w25.03 20; it-1 154; w05 9/15 16-20; w98 1/15 8-13; km 9/96 1;

    w85 6/1 10-15; w76 758; w65 255; w64 270; w62 533; lg 152; w46 123

2 Corinthians 5:8

Marginal References

  • +Php 1:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1998, pp. 15-16

    3/1/1995, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w98 2/15 16; w95 3/1 30;

    w56 59; w46 123

2 Corinthians 5:9

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w56 59; w46 123-124

2 Corinthians 5:10

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “be made manifest.”

  • *

    Or “vile.”

Marginal References

  • +Re 22:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 137-138

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    it-2 137-138; w98 12/15 15-16;

    g76 7/22 15; w72 589; ad 982; w65 447; im 367; w64 724; w47 198; w46 124; w41 12; le32 56

2 Corinthians 5:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “manifest.”

  • *

    Or “manifest.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1998, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w98 12/15 16

2 Corinthians 5:12

Marginal References

  • +2Co 10:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1193

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1998, p. 16

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1193; w98 12/15 16;

    g63 12/22 28

2 Corinthians 5:13

Marginal References

  • +2Co 11:1, 16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 512

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 406

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1998, p. 16

  • Publications Index

    it-1 512; it-2 406; w98 12/15 16;

    ad 1160-1161; g63 12/22 28

2 Corinthians 5:14

Marginal References

  • +Isa 53:10; Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:5, 6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 854

    The Watchtower (Study),

    1/2016, pp. 13-14

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2010, p. 9

    5/15/2010, pp. 26-27

    3/15/2005, p. 14

    12/15/1998, p. 16

    6/15/1995, pp. 14-15

    6/1/1994, pp. 15-16

    2/15/1992, p. 14

    Awake!,

    10/8/1996, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    it-1 854; w16.01 13-14; w10 5/15 26-27; w10 6/1 9; w05 3/15 14; w98 12/15 16; g96 10/8 27; w95 6/15 14-15; w94 6/1 16; w92 2/15 14;

    bw 89-90; w75 153; w74 200; w74 371; w73 277; w67 255; w65 723; w31 5

2 Corinthians 5:15

Marginal References

  • +Ro 14:7, 8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 28

    The Watchtower (Study),

    1/2016, pp. 13-14

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2010, p. 9

    5/15/2010, pp. 26-27

    3/15/2005, p. 14

    12/15/1998, pp. 16-17

    2/15/1992, p. 14

    8/15/1987, pp. 10, 12-13

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 28; w16.01 13-14; w10 5/15 26-27; w10 6/1 9; w05 3/15 14; w98 12/15 16; w92 2/15 14; w87 8/15 10, 13;

    w78 3/15 14; w74 372-374; w73 277; w46 124

2 Corinthians 5:16

Marginal References

  • +Mt 12:50
  • +Joh 20:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2008, p. 28

    12/15/1998, pp. 16-17

  • Publications Index

    w08 7/15 28; w98 12/15 16-17;

    w78 3/15 14; hs 117-118; w67 255-256; w65 584; g62 5/8 5; w61 704; w56 348; nh 170; w49 201; w46 124; w42 350

2 Corinthians 5:17

Marginal References

  • +Ga 6:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 546

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1998, p. 17

    1/1/1993, pp. 5-6

    3/1/1987, p. 27

    Awake!,

    2/8/1988, pp. 26-27

  • Publications Index

    it-1 546; w98 12/15 17; w93 1/1 5-6; g88 2/8 26-27; w87 3/1 27;

    w81 5/1 15; hs 116-118; w73 732; w72 608; ad 393; w64 447; w63 538; w62 300, 660; nh 170; w50 410; g47 3/8 25; w45 12; ci 131; w38 104

2 Corinthians 5:18

Marginal References

  • +Ro 5:10; Eph 2:15, 16; Col 1:19, 20
  • +Ac 20:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/2014, p. 18

    12/15/2010, pp. 12-14

    12/15/1998, pp. 17-18

    God’s Kingdom Rules!, pp. 209-210

  • Publications Index

    w14 2/15 18; kr 209-210; w10 12/15 12-14; w98 12/15 17-18;

    w84 8/15 10-11; w72 375-376; w66 489; w53 731; w45 12; w38 104

2 Corinthians 5:19

Marginal References

  • +Ro 5:6; 1Jo 2:1, 2
  • +Ro 4:25; 5:18
  • +Mt 28:19, 20; Ac 13:38, 39

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 762

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2010, pp. 12-13

    12/15/1998, pp. 17-18

  • Publications Index

    it-2 762; w10 12/15 12-13; w98 12/15 17-18;

    w72 375-376; im 404; w64 51; w53 731; w44 375; w34 235

2 Corinthians 5:20

Marginal References

  • +Eph 6:19, 20
  • +Php 3:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 88-89

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 761-762

    Remain in God’s Love, pp. 61-62

    “God’s Love,” pp. 51-52

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2010, pp. 12-14

    11/1/2002, pp. 16-17

    12/15/1998, p. 18

    Worldwide Security, pp. 58-60, 64, 67

  • Publications Index

    it-1 88-89; it-2 761; lvs 61-62; lv 51-52; w10 12/15 12-14; w02 11/1 16-17; w98 12/15 18; ws 60, 64, 67;

    w82 10/1 24-25; w81 6/15 27; go 90, 162; w76 749-750; w74 107-108; w74 147; w74 604; w73 401; ka 78-79; w72 376-377; w71 622; ad 63; kj 359; nc 24-25; qm 378; li 310; im 398; w64 51, 652, 686; g62 3/22 15; w61 8, 210; yb61 11; g61 12/8 27; w60 71, 158; w55 54; w53 11, 733; nh 319; w52 55; w51 79, 743; w49 150; w48 359; w46 346; ki 315; w34 235

2 Corinthians 5:21

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “a sin offering.”

Marginal References

  • +Heb 4:15; 7:26
  • +Ro 1:16, 17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 761

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2000, pp. 18-19

    12/15/1998, p. 18

  • Publications Index

    it-2 761; w00 8/15 18-19; w98 12/15 18;

    sl 82; im 398; w37 236

Parallel Translations

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General

2 Cor. 5:12Pe 1:13, 14
2 Cor. 5:11Co 15:50; Php 3:20, 21
2 Cor. 5:2Ro 6:5; 8:23; 1Co 15:48, 49
2 Cor. 5:41Co 15:43, 44; Php 1:21
2 Cor. 5:41Pe 1:3, 4
2 Cor. 5:5Eph 2:10
2 Cor. 5:5Ro 8:23; Eph 1:13, 14
2 Cor. 5:6Joh 14:3
2 Cor. 5:8Php 1:23
2 Cor. 5:10Re 22:12
2 Cor. 5:122Co 10:10
2 Cor. 5:132Co 11:1, 16
2 Cor. 5:14Isa 53:10; Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:5, 6
2 Cor. 5:15Ro 14:7, 8
2 Cor. 5:16Mt 12:50
2 Cor. 5:16Joh 20:17
2 Cor. 5:17Ga 6:15
2 Cor. 5:18Ro 5:10; Eph 2:15, 16; Col 1:19, 20
2 Cor. 5:18Ac 20:24
2 Cor. 5:19Ro 5:6; 1Jo 2:1, 2
2 Cor. 5:19Ro 4:25; 5:18
2 Cor. 5:19Mt 28:19, 20; Ac 13:38, 39
2 Cor. 5:20Eph 6:19, 20
2 Cor. 5:20Php 3:20
2 Cor. 5:21Heb 4:15; 7:26
2 Cor. 5:21Ro 1:16, 17
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
2 Corinthians 5:1-21

The Second to the Corinthians

5 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, should be torn down,*+ we are to have a building from God, a house not made with hands,+ everlasting in the heavens. 2 For in this house* we do indeed groan, earnestly desiring to put on the one for us* from heaven,*+ 3 so that when we do put it on, we will not be found naked. 4 In fact, we who are in this tent groan, being weighed down, because we do not want to put this one off, but we want to put the other on,+ so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.+ 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very thing is God,+ who gave us the spirit as a token of what is to come.*+

6 So we are always of good courage and know that while we have our home in the body, we are absent from the Lord,+ 7 for we are walking by faith, not by sight. 8 But we are of good courage and would prefer to be absent from the body and to make our home with the Lord.+ 9 So whether at home with him or absent from him, we make it our aim to be acceptable to him. 10 For we must all appear* before the judgment seat of the Christ, so that each one may be repaid according to the things he has practiced while in the body, whether good or bad.*+

11 Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we keep persuading men, but we are well-known* to God. However, I hope that we are well-known* also to your consciences. 12 We are not recommending ourselves to you again but giving you an incentive to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast over the outward appearance+ but not over what is in the heart. 13 For if we were out of our mind,+ it was for God; if we are sound in mind, it is for you. 14 For the love the Christ has compels us, because this is what we have concluded, that one man died for all;+ so, then, all had died. 15 And he died for all so that those who live should live no longer for themselves,+ but for him who died for them and was raised up.

16 So from now on we know no man from a fleshly viewpoint.+ Even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, we certainly no longer know him in that way.+ 17 Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new creation;+ the old things passed away; look! new things have come into existence. 18 But all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ+ and gave us the ministry of the reconciliation,+ 19 namely, that God was by means of Christ reconciling a world to himself,+ not counting their offenses against them,+ and he entrusted to us the message of the reconciliation.+

20 Therefore, we are ambassadors+ substituting for Christ,+ as though God were making an appeal through us. As substitutes for Christ, we beg: “Become reconciled to God.” 21 The one who did not know sin,+ he made to be sin* for us, so that by means of him we might become God’s righteousness.+

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