So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.