Bible in Basic English
"For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you."
— 2 Corinthians 5:13, Bible in Basic English
“For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.”
“For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. ”
“For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.”
“For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.”
For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.
For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.
For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.