2 Corinthians 5:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} we know{G1492} that{G3754} if{G1437} the{G2257} earthly{G1919} house{G3614} of{G1537} our tabernacle{G4636} be dissolved,{G2647} we have{G2192} a building{G3619} from God,{G2316} a house{G3614} not made with hands,{G886} eternal,{G166} in{G1722} the heavens.{G3772}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} we know{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} if{G1437} our{G2257} earthly{G1919} house{G3614} of this tabernacle{G4636} were dissolved{G2647}{(G5686)}, we have{G2192}{(G5719)} a building{G3619} of{G1537} God{G2316}, an house{G3614} not made with hands{G886}, eternal{G166} in{G1722} the heavens{G3772}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    We knowe suerly yf oure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were destroyed that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god an habitacion not made with hondes but eternall in heve.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    We knowe surely, yt yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed, we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God, an house not made with handes, but euerlastynge in heauen.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For we knowe, that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed, we haue a building of God, an habitation not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 Yes, I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that mortality might be swallowed up by life.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much less in 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 incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker 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 go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
  • 1 Cor 15:46-48 : 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
  • Job 19:25-26 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at last on the earth; 26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
  • Job 30:22 : 22 You lift me up to the wind; You cause me to ride upon it, and dissolve my substance.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I cry to you, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • Mark 14:58 : 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

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    2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:

    3 If indeed, being clothed, we shall not be found naked.

    4 For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that mortality might be swallowed up by life.

    5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

    6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

    7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

    8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

    9 Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

  • 2 Pet 1:14
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    14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

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    4 For every house is built by someone; but He who built all things is God.

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    16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

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  • 2 Cor 4:16-18
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    16 For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

    17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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    14 For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

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    21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

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

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    11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

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    6 But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm until the end.

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    2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

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    20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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

    50 Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

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

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    2 In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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    53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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    7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

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    13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

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    15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

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    5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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    24 God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

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    16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.

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    11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

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    15 But if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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    19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?

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    13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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    11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.

  • Rom 12:5
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    5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

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    24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • Eph 5:30
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    30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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    48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

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    13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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    44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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    11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.

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    11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness,