Porque sabemos que si la tienda terrenal que es nuestra morada^1a, es destruida, tenemos de Dios un edificio, una casa no hecha por manos^b, eterna en los cielos. 2 Pues, en verdad¹, en esta morada gemimos, anhelando ser vestidos^a con nuestra habitación celestial; 3 y una vez vestidos, no seremos hallados desnudos. 4 Porque asimismo, los que estamos en esta tienda, gemimos agobiados, pues no queremos ser desvestidos, sino vestidos^a, para que lo mortal sea absorbido por la vida^b. 5 Y el que nos preparó para esto mismo es Dios, quien nos dio el Espíritu como garantía^1a. 6 Por tanto, animados siempre y sabiendo que mientras habitamos¹ en el cuerpo^a, estamos ausentes del Señor 7 (porque por fe andamos, no por vista^1a); 8 pero cobramos ánimo y preferimos más bien estar ausentes del cuerpo y habitar¹ con el Señor^a. 9 Por eso, ya sea presentes o ausentes, ambicionamos serle agradables^a. 10 Porque todos nosotros debemos comparecer ante el tribunal de Cristo, para que cada uno sea recompensado por sus hechos estando en el cuerpo^1a, de acuerdo con lo que hizo, sea bueno o sea malo.

11 Por tanto, conociendo el temor del Señor^a, persuadimos a los hombres, pero a Dios somos manifiestos, y espero que también seamos manifiestos en vuestras conciencias^b. 12 No nos recomendamos otra vez a vosotros^a, sino que os damos oportunidad de estar orgullosos de nosotros^b, para que tengáis respuesta para los que se jactan en las apariencias y no en el corazón. 13 Porque si estamos locos¹, es para Dios; y si estamos cuerdos, es para vosotros^a. 14 Pues el amor de Cristo nos apremia^1a, habiendo llegado a esta conclusión: que uno murió por todos, por consiguiente, todos murieron^b; 15 y por todos murió, para que los que viven, ya no vivan para sí, sino para aquel que murió y resucitó por ellos^a. 16 De manera que nosotros de ahora en adelante ya no conocemos a nadie según la carne^a; aunque hemos conocido a Cristo según la carne, sin embargo, ahora ya no le conocemos así. 17 De modo que si alguno está en Cristo^a, nueva criatura es^1b; las cosas viejas pasaron; he aquí, son hechas nuevas^c.

18 Y todo esto procede de Dios^a, quien nos reconcilió consigo mismo por medio de Cristo^b, y nos dio el ministerio^c de la reconciliación; 19 a saber, que Dios estaba en Cristo^a reconciliando al mundo consigo mismo, no tomando en cuenta a los hombres¹ sus transgresiones^b, y nos ha encomendado a² nosotros la palabra de la reconciliación.

20 Por tanto, somos embajadores^a de Cristo, como si Dios rogara por medio de nosotros; en nombre de Cristo os rogamos^b: ¡Reconciliaos con Dios^c! 21 Al que no conoció pecado^a, le hizo pecado por nosotros^b, para que fuéramos hechos justicia de Dios en Él^c.

For we know that if ¹the ^aearthly ^btent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house ^cnot made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed in this house we ^agroan, longing to be ^bclothed with our dwelling from heaven, 3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. 4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we ^agroan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be ^bclothed, so that what is ^cmortal will be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who ^agave to us the Spirit as a ¹pledge.

6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that ^awhile we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— 7 for ^awe walk by faith, not by ¹sight— 8 we are of good courage, I say, and ^aprefer rather to be absent from the body and ^bto be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be ^apleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before ^athe judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for ¹his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

11 Therefore, knowing the ^afear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are ^bmade manifest also in your consciences. 12 We are not ^aagain commending ourselves to you but are giving you an ^boccasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we ¹are ^abeside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ ^acontrols us, having concluded this, that ^bone died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer ^alive for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one ^1aaccording to the flesh; even though we have known Christ ²according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is ^ain Christ, ¹he is ^ba new creature; ^cthe old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now ^aall these things are from God, ^bwho reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^cministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that ^aGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^bnot counting their trespasses against them, and ¹He has ²committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Therefore, we are ^aambassadors for Christ, ^bas though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be ^creconciled to God. 21 He made Him who ^aknew no sin to be ^bsin on our behalf, so that we might become the ^crighteousness of God in Him.

For we know that if our ^1aearthly ^btent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house ^cnot made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed, in this tent we ^agroan, longing to be ^bclothed with our ¹dwelling from heaven, 3 since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. 4 For indeed, we who are in this tent ^agroan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be ^bclothed, so that what is ^cmortal will be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who ^agave us the Spirit as a ¹pledge.

6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that ^awhile we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— 7 for ^awe walk by faith, not by ¹sight— 8 but we are of good courage and ^aprefer rather to be absent from the body and ^bto be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be ^apleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before ^athe judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for ¹his deeds done through the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.

11 Therefore, knowing the ^afear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also ^bwell known in your consciences. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you ^aagain, but are giving you an ^bopportunity to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we have ^alost our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ ^acontrols us, having concluded this, that ^bone died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer ^alive for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf.

16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one ^1aby the flesh; even though we have known Christ by the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is ^ain Christ, this person is ^ba new ¹creation; ^cthe old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now ^aall these things are from God, ^bwho reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^cministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that ^aGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^bnot counting their wrongdoings against them, and ¹He has ²committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Therefore, we are ^aambassadors for Christ, ^bas though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be ^creconciled to God. 21 He made Him who ^aknew no sin to be ^1bsin in our behalf, so that we might become the ^crighteousness of God in Him.