2 Corinthians 5:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

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  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory; 14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
  • John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you? 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
  • 1 Cor 15:46-48 : 46 But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit. 47 The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven. 48 Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.
  • Job 19:25-26 : 25 But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust; 26 And ... without my flesh I will see God;
  • Job 30:22 : 22 Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One. 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Mark 14:58 : 58 He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

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    2 For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

    3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

    5 Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

    6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

    7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

    8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

    9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

  • 2 Pet 1:14
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    14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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    4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

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    16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

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    16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

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    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

    22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

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    9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

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    11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

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    6 But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

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    2 As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

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    20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

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    49 And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

    50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

    51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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    2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

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    53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

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    4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

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    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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    21 And having a great priest over the house of God,

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    13 But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.

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    15 For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

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    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

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    24 The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

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    16 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.

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    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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    15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

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    19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

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    11 For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

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    5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

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    24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

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    30 Because we are parts of his body.

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    48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

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    13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

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    44 It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

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    11 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.

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    11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,