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2 Corinthians 5 Summary

2 Corinthians 5 speaks of our eternal hope, the new creation in Christ, and the ministry of reconciliation.

Paul looks beyond this ‘earthly tent’ to an eternal home, living by faith to please the Lord. ‘If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.’

God reconciled us to himself through Christ and gives us the ‘ministry of reconciliation,’ making us Christ’s ambassadors.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
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