are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal ;14 but the things which are not seen are eternal.

CHAP. V.

1 That in his assured hope of immortal glory, 9 and in expectance of it, and of the general judgment, he laboureth to keep a good conscience, 12 not that he may herein boast of himself, 14 but as one that, having received life from Christ, endeavoureth to live as a new creature to Christ only, 18 and by his ministry of reconciliation to reconcile others also in Christ to God.

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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.

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

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

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4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan,3 being a burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

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14 temporary. Ham. destroyed. Co. Ma. Bi. Gen. of God. Co. Ma. 3 sorrow within. Wi. grieved. Co. Cr.

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for? 2 COR. v. 7: For we walk by faith, not by sight. HEB. xi. 1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

CHAP. V.

a JOB, iv. 19: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust? WISD. ix. 15: The corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. 2 Cor. iv. 7: We have this treasure in earthen vessels. 2 PET. i. 13, 14: I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle.

b Roм. viii. 23: Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

See on MAT. xxii. 11.

d WISD. ix. 15: The words under ver. 1.

e1 COR. xv. 53, 54: This corruptible must put on incor

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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 h absent from the Lord:

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7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :)

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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 'judg

5 ordained. Co. Ma. Cr. Bi. created. Gen. framed. Ham. this very. Ham. present. Pu. 8 endeavour. A. V. make it the height of our ambition. Dod. 9 to be well-pleasing to him. We. Pu.

ruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

f ISA. xxix. 23: When he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. EPH. ii. 10: We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

* See on 2 COR. 1. 22.

h GEN. xxiii. 4: I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace. do. xlvii. 9: Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years. 1 CHR. xxix. 15: We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers. Ps. xxxix. 12: I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. do. cxix. 19: I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. HEB. xi. 13: These all died in faith, not having received the promises-and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 1 PET. i. 17 Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. do. ii. 11: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts.

12 Cor. iv. 18. See on JOHN, XX. 29.

* See on JOHN, xii. 26.

'See on ACTS, x. 42.

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ment 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.

11 Knowing therefore the "terror of the Lord, we persuade 10 men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

12 For we P 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, 12 and not in heart.

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10 counsel. Wi. 11 concerning us. Pu. 12 Gr. in the face. A. V. 13 be transported beyond ourselves. Dod. be transported beyond measure. We.

m GAL. vi. 7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. See on MAT. xvi. 27.

1 DEUT. x. 17 : The LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. JOB, Xxxi. 23: Destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. Ps. lxxvi. 7: Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? LUKE, xii. 5: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. HEB. X. 31: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. do. xii. 29: Our God is a consuming fire. JUDE, 23: Others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire. • See on 2 COR. iv. 2.

P See on 2 COR. iii. 1.

92 COR. i. 14: We are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.

r2 COR. xi. 1, 16, 17: Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly. Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. do. xii. 6, 11: Though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he

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 16 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

17 Therefore if any man be "in Christ, he is 18

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heareth of me. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me.

ROM. v. 15: If through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

See on ROM. vi. 11, 12.

" PHI. iii. 7, 8: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. See on MAT. xii. 50.

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▾ JOHN, vi. 63: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. do. xx. 17: Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

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JOHN, iii. 3: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ROM. viii. 9: Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. do. xvi. 7: Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. GAL. vi. 15: In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

a *new creature: 19 y old things are passed away ; behold, all things are become new.

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18 And all things 20 are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given 21 to us the ministry of reconciliation ;

19 To wit, that a God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us 22 the word of reconciliation.

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20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ,23

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19 there is a new creation. We. 20 But all these things. Ham. 21 mitted. Whit. 22 Gr. put in us. A. V. set up among us. Co. placed, or deposited in us. Ham." 23 in the room of Christ. Co. Ma. Cr.

* ROM. vi. 4: We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 2 Cor. iv. 16: Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. GAL. v. 6: In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. do. vi. 15: The words above.

y ISA. xliii. 18, 19: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? do. lxv. 17: Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. EPH. ii. 15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace. REV. xxi. 5: Behold, I make all things new.

z See on ROM. v. 10.

a Rom. iii. 24, 25: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.

b JOB, xxxiii. 23: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness. MAL. ii. 7: The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 2 COR. iii. 6: Who hath also made us able ministers of the new testament. EPH. vi. 20: For which I am an ambassador in bonds.