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David Guzik commentary on 2 Corinthians 5, where Paul discusses the aim of our life in light of our eternal destiny, and defends his ministry.
Heaven is our general home and country (Hebrews 11:16), but the present allusion is to the glorified bodies in which our souls shall live in heaven (comp. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49). 2 Corinthians 5:2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: Verse 2.
2. A thorough change of the heart: For if any man be in Christ, if any man be a Christian indeed, and will approve himself such, he is, or he must be, a new creature, v. 17 . Some read it, Let him be a new creature.
Assurance Of Eternal Life; Faith And Its Effects. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10. C. Lipscomb. Death intervenes between the present state of affliction and the glory of heaven, but death is only the destruction of the body now existing. It is not an end to bodily form and life.
(2 Corinthians 5:5-8) Our confidence. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.
5:16-21 The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given him. He is the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.
Verse 1. 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. Hence, arises his ambition to be accepted at the Lord's coming judgment.
