2 Corinthians 5:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.”
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“Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 5:1 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Job 30:22You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
- Psalms 56:9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
- Mark 14:58“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
- 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- 1 Corinthians 15:46The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- Colossians 2:11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- Hebrews 9:11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 11:10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- 1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- 2 Peter 1:13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
- 2 Peter 3:11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
- 1 John 3:19And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
- 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
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