2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that—if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.
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Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,—For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Job 19:25But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over [my] dust, will he arise;
Psalms 56:9Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!
John 14:2In the house of my Father, are, many dwellings; or else I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.
1 Corinthians 15:46Howbeit, not first, is the [body] of the spirit, but that, of the soul,—afterwards, that of the spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:4And verily, we who are in the tent, do sigh, being weighed down, while yet we are not wishing to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves over,—in order that, what 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 →