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1. Our Eternal Dwelling

   (Romans 8:18–27)

2. 1TNTWe knowe suerly yf oure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were destroyed that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god an habitacion not made with hondes but eternall in heven.BSBBSB: For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
3. 2TNTAnd herefore sigh we desyringe to be clothed with oure mansion which is from heven:BSBBSB: For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
4. 3TNTso yet if that we be founde clothed and not naked.BSBBSB: because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
5. 4TNTFor as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sigh and are greved for we wold not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed apon that mortalite myght be swalowed vp of lyfe.BSBBSB: For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
6. 5TNTHe that hath ordeyned vs for this thynge ys god which very same hath geven vnto vs the ernest of the sprete.BSBBSB: And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
7. 6TNTTherfore we are alwaye of good chere and knowe well that as longe as we are at home in the body we are absent from God.BSBBSB: Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
8. 7TNTFor we walke in fayth and se not.BSBBSB: For we walk by faith, not by sight.
9. 8TNTNeverthelesse we are of good comforte and had lever to be absent from the body and to be present with the lorde.BSBBSB: We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
10. 9TNTWherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuoure oure selves to please him.BSBBSB: So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
11. 10TNTFor we must all appere before the iudgement seate of Christ that every man maye receave the workes of his body accordynge to that he hath done whether it be good or bad?BSBBSB: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

12. Ambassadors for Christ

13. 11TNTSeynge then that we knowe how the lorde is to be feared we fare fayre with men. For we are knowen wel ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.BSBBSB: Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
14. 12TNTWe prayse not oure selves agayne vnto you but geve you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye maye have some what agaynst the whych reioyce in the face and not in the hert.BSBBSB: We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
15. 13TNTFor yf we be to fervent to God are we to fervent. Yf we kepe measure for youre cause kepe we measure.BSBBSB: If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
16. 14TNTFor the love of Christ costrayneth vs be cause we thus iudge yf one be deed for all that then are all deedBSBBSB: For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
17. 15TNTand that he dyed for all that they which live shuld not hence forth live vnto them selves but vnto hym whith died for them and rose agayne.BSBBSB: And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
18. 16TNTWherfore henceforth knowe we no man after the flesshe. In somoche though we have knowe Christ after the flesshe now hence forthe knowe we hym so no more.BSBBSB: So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
19. 17TNTTherfore yf eny man be in Christ he is a newe creature. Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thinges are be come newe.BSBBSB: Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
20. 18TNTNeverthelesse all thinges are of god which hath reconciled vs vnto him sylfe by Iesus Christ and hath geven vnto vs the office to preach the atonement.BSBBSB: All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
21. 19TNTFor god was in Christ and made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym sylfe and imputed not their synnes vnto them: and hath committed to vs the preachynge of the atonment.BSBBSB: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
22. 20TNTNow then are we messengers in the roume of Christ: even as though God did beseche you thorow vs: So praye we you in Christes stede that ye be atone with God:BSBBSB: Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
23. 21TNTfor he hath made him to be synne for vs which knewe no synne that we by his meanes shuld be that rightewesnes which before God is aloved.BSBBSB: God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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