2 Corinthians 5:1

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Montgomery New Testament

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 tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered,

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Cross References

John 14:2In my Father’s house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?

1 Corinthians 15:46Now it is not the spiritual which is first, but the animal, and then the spiritual.

2 Corinthians 5:4For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in 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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