2 Corinthians 5:1

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For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 I think it is right, as long as I am in this earthly tent, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 knowing that the laying aside of my tent is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
  • John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am, you may be also.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 15:46-48 : 46 But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
  • Job 19:25-26 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.
  • Job 30:22 : 22 You lift me up and make me ride on the wind; You dissolve me in the storm.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 You have kept track of my wanderings; put my tears in your bottle; are they not recorded in your book?
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know 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 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

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    2Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,

    3because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

    4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

    5Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

    6Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

    8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

  • 2 Pet 1:14
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    14knowing that the laying aside of my tent is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

  • Heb 3:4
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    4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

    17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • 2 Cor 4:16-18
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    16Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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    14For here we have no lasting city, but we eagerly seek the city that is to come.

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    21In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

    22And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.

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    9For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    10According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

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    11But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

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    6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.

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    2He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

  • Phil 3:20
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    20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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    49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

    50Now I say this, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

    51Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

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    2In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.

  • 1 Cor 15:53
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    53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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    21and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

  • 2 Pet 3:13
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    13But according to His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

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    15For we are strangers and temporary residents before you, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

  • 1 Pet 2:5
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    5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 17:24
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    24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands.

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
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    15But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

  • 1 Cor 6:19
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    19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 3:11
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    11For if what was passing away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of what remains!

  • Rom 12:5
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    5so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

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    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

  • Eph 5:30
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    30because we are members of His body.

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    48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says:

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    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

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    44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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    11Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

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    11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,