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For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
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For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
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if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
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For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
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Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
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for we walk by faith, not by sight.
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We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
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Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
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For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Réconciliés avec Dieu par le Christ
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Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
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For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
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For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.
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For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
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He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
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Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
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But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
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We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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Car nous savons que si notre habitation terrestre de [cette] tente est détruite, nous avons un édifice de par Dieu, [savoir] une maison éternelle dans les Cieux, qui n'est point faite de main.
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Car c'est aussi pour cela que nous gémissons, désirant avec ardeur d'être revêtus de notre domicile, qui est du Ciel :
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Si toutefois nous sommes trouvés vêtus, et non point nus.
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Car nous qui sommes dans cette tente, nous gémissons étant chargés ; vu que nous désirons, non pas d'être dépouillés, mais d'être revêtus ; afin que ce qui est mortel, soit absorbé par la vie.
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Or celui qui nous a formés à cela même, c'est Dieu ; qui aussi nous a donné les arrhes de l'Esprit.
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Nous avons donc toujours confiance ; et nous savons que logeant dans ce corps, nous sommes absents du Seigneur ;
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Car nous marchons par la foi, et non par la vue.
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Nous avons, dis-je, de la confiance, et nous aimons mieux être absents de ce corps, et être avec le Seigneur.
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C'est pourquoi aussi nous nous efforçons de lui être agréables, et présents, et absents.
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Car il nous faut tous comparaître devant le Tribunal de Christ, afin que chacun remporte en son corps selon ce qu'il aura fait, soit bien, soit mal.
Réconciliés avec Dieu par le Christ
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Connaissant donc combien le Seigneur doit être craint, nous sollicitons les hommes à la foi, et nous sommes manifestés à Dieu, et je m'attends aussi que nous sommes manifestés en vos consciences.
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Car nous ne nous recommandons pas de nouveau à vous, mais nous vous donnons occasion de vous glorifier de nous ; afin que vous ayez [de quoi répondre] à ceux qui se glorifient de l'apparence, et non pas du coeur.
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Car soit que nous soyons dans l'extase [nous sommes unis] à Dieu ; soit que nous soyons de sens rassis, [nous le sommes] à vous.
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Parce que la charité de Christ nous unit étroitement, tenant ceci pour certain, que si un est mort pour tous, tous aussi sont morts ;
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Et qu'il est mort pour tous, afin que ceux qui vivent, ne vivent point dorénavant pour eux-mêmes, mais pour celui qui est mort et ressuscité pour eux.
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C'est pourquoi dès à présent nous ne connaissons personne selon la chair, même quoique nous ayons connu Christ selon la chair, toutefois nous ne le connaissons plus [ainsi] maintenant.
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Si donc quelqu'un est en Christ, [il est] une nouvelle créature ; les choses vieilles sont passées ; voici, toutes choses sont faites nouvelles.
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Or tout cela [vient] de Dieu, qui nous a réconciliés avec lui par Jésus-Christ, et qui nous a donné le Ministère de la réconciliation.
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Car Dieu était en Christ réconciliant le monde avec soi, en ne leur imputant point leurs péchés, et il a mis en nous la parole de la réconciliation.
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Nous sommes donc ambassadeurs pour Christ, et c'est comme si Dieu vous exhortait par notre ministère ; nous [vous] supplions [donc] pour [l'amour] de Christ, de vous réconcilier avec Dieu.
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Car il a fait celui qui n'a point connu de péché, [être] péché pour nous, afin que nous fussions justice de Dieu en lui.
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1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2
For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
3
if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
4
For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5
Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
6
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
7
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
9
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
10
For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Réconciliés avec Dieu par le Christ
11
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
13
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.
14
For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
15
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
16
Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
18
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20
We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Cette traduction est grammaticalement possible ; mais un grand nombre de bons interprètes rendent ainsi la pensée de l'apôtre : "Car aussi dans celle-ci (cette tente, ce corps) nous gémissons, désirant..." Ce sens est tout à fait en harmonie avec verset 4.
Grec : "D'être survêtus de notre demeure du ciel," du corps spirituel. La même pensée se retrouve, en d'autres termes. (1Corinthiens 15.53)
D'une part, ce saint désir, de l'autre, les misères de notre habitation actuelle, sont la cause de ces gémissements (ou soupirs), de cette aspiration à la glorification de tout notre être.