2 Corinthians 5

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1For 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 1

For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
IV v. 1 (Inspired Version, 1867)

2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

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

4For 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.

5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

6Therefore 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:)

8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 9

Wherefore, we labor that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
IV v. 9 (Inspired Version, 1867)

10For 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive a reward of the deeds done in the body—things according to what he hath done, whether good or bad.
IV v. 10 (Inspired Version, 1867)

11Knowing 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.

12For 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.

13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 13

For we bear record that we are not beside ourselves; for whether we glory, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your sakes.
IV v. 13 (Inspired Version, 1867)

14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 14

For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge: that if one died for all, then are all dead;
IV v. 14 (Inspired Version, 1867)

15And 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 15

And he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
IV v. 15 (Inspired Version, 1867)

16Wherefore 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 16

Wherefore, henceforth live we no more after the flesh; yea, though we once lived after the flesh, yet since we have known Christ, now henceforth live we no more after the flesh.
IV v. 16 (Inspired Version, 1867)

17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 17

Therefore, if any man live in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new,
IV v. 17 (Inspired Version, 1867)

18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 18

And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation:
IV v. 18 (Inspired Version, 1867)

19To 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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 19

To wit, that God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
IV v. 19 (Inspired Version, 1867)

20Now 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.

21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Also cited in commentary

2 Nephi 9 — O the Wisdom of God — Jacob's Great Atonement Sermon
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 10 — Reconcile Yourselves — Jacob's Second Day and the Land of Promise
- Reconcile yourselves to the will of God
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
- Where this lands
Alma 23 — They Never Did Fall Away — Seven Cities Converted, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies Named, and the Exceptions
- The chapter's architecture
Alma 36 — I Could Remember My Pains No More — Alma's Conversion to Helaman, and the Chiasm That Turns on the Name of Christ
- How the chapter is built
Alma 40 — The Space Between — Alma on Death, Paradise, and the Resurrection
- How the chapter is built
Alma 42 — Mercy Cannot Rob Justice — Alma on the Plan of Redemption
- How the chapter is built
Helaman 8 — Look and Live — The Cloud of Witnesses and the Murdered Judge
- How the chapter is built
- The sign of the murdered judge
Jacob 1 — The Plates Pass to Jacob — Magnifying the Office, the Anxiety for Souls, and the Naming of Kings
- Where this lands
Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet
- Where this lands
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
- The unsearchable greatness
- Where this lands
Mormon 3 — Vengeance Is Mine — The Nephites' Boast, Mormon's Refusal, and the Idle Witness Who Writes to Us
- How the chapter is built
Mormon 6 — O Ye Fair Ones — The Last Battle at Cumorah, and a Father's Lament Over a Fallen Nation
- How the chapter is built
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
- Where this lands
Mosiah 5 — The Covenant Response — One Voice, No More Disposition to Evil, Spiritually Begotten Sons and Daughters, the Name in the Heart
- Benjamin's inquiry and the one-voice response
- Where this lands
Mosiah 14 — The Suffering Servant — Isaiah 53 in the Mouth of Abinadi, Read into the Face of King Noah
Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored
- Where this lands
Mosiah 16 — The Light That Cannot Be Darkened — Abinadi's Closing Sermon on Carnal Death, the Light of Endless Life, and the Law That Points Beyond Itself
- Where this lands
Mosiah 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness
Mosiah 28 — The Sons of Mosiah Depart for the Lamanites — They Could Not Bear That Any Soul Should Perish, Mosiah Translates the Jaredite Plates by the Interpreters, the Office of the Seer Defined
- Where this lands
Esther 7 — The Pit He Dug Himself — Esther Names Her People, the Enemy Is Unmasked, and the Fifty-Cubit Gallows Finds Its Owner
- How this chapter changes the reader
- I and my people

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Joseph Smith Translation

v. 1
For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
v. 9
Wherefore, we labor that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
v. 10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive a reward of the deeds done in the body—things according to what he hath done, whether good or bad.
v. 13
For we bear record that we are not beside ourselves; for whether we glory, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your sakes.
v. 14
For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge: that if one died for all, then are all dead;
v. 15
And he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
v. 16
Wherefore, henceforth live we no more after the flesh; yea, though we once lived after the flesh, yet since we have known Christ, now henceforth live we no more after the flesh.
v. 17
Therefore, if any man live in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new,
v. 18
And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation:
v. 19
To wit, that God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.