2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

Psalms 56:9I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

John 14:2In my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you.

1 Corinthians 15:46Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.

2 Corinthians 5:4For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burthened; because we would not be unclothed, but clothed upon, that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:1

The apostle proceeds in showing the reasons why they did not faint under their afflictions, namely, their expectation, desire, and assurance of happiness after death ( ver. 1-5 ), and deduces an inference for the comfort of believers in their present state ( ver. 6-8 ), and another to quicken them in their duty, ver. 9-11 . Then he makes an apology for seeming to commend himself, and gives a good reason for his zeal and diligence ( ver. 12-15 ), and mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to… Read the whole commentary →

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