2 Corinthians 5:1
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.
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Study Note
Paul's assurance 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' uses the tent/permanent-building contrast to address anxiety about death. The tent ('skēnos') metaphor resonates with the wilderness tabernacle as a temporary, portable structure — the human body is God's provisional dwelling in history, awaiting a more permanent form. The context of verses 2-4 complicates any simple body-soul dualism: Paul groans not at the thought of being 'unclothed' (disembodied) but at being 'clothed upon' with the heavenly body over the earthly one — resurrection transformation, not mere escape from embodiment. John 14:2's 'in my Father's house are many mansions' uses the same house/dwelling imagery for eschatological security, while Revelation 21:3's 'the tabernacle of God is with men' inverts the tent metaphor by making God himself dwell permanently with his people.
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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.
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,
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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