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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.
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.
CHAPTER V. _The apostle's strong hope of eternal glory, and earnest_ _longings after that state of blessedness_, 1-4. _The assurance that he had of it from the Holy Spirit, and his_ _carefulness t...
FOR WE KNOW - We who are engaged in the work of the gospel ministry. Paul is giving a reason why he and his fellow-laborers did not become weary and faint in their work. The reason was, that they knew...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
Paul proceeds to expand the thought of 2 Corinthians 4:16, modifying the idea of an inner personality into that of a house or home for the soul prepared by God in heaven. The earthly frame in which we...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
For we know that if this earthly house of ours, that tent which is the body is pulled down, we have a building which comes from God, a house not made with hands, eternal and in the heavens. For indeed...
KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. IF. App-118. EARTHLY. Greek. epigeios. See John 3:12. THIS TABERNACLE. the tent. Greek. _skenos._ Only here and 2 Corinthians 5:4. It is the Gen, of _Apposition_. App-1...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _For we know_ This verse gives the reason for what has gone before. -We are consoled in our present afflictions, sustained in our hope of future glory, supported in our conviction t...
ΟἼΔΑΜΕΝ ΓΆΡ. The connexion with what precedes is shown by the γάρ and by community of subject. He is sure that temporary affliction works out an eternal weight of glory; _for we know that if our earth...
1–10. He continues his impassioned statement of the sufferings and the consolations of an Apostle, as drawn from his own experience. The support derived from the realization of the unseen is further d...
_A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1-5:_ Death will come to all because this life is only temporary. However, there will be happiness in eternity for those that will walk with God. Heaven is...
ΟΪΔΑΜΕΝ _perf. act. ind. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ (_см._ 2 Corinthians 4:14). ΕΠΊΓΕΙΟΣ (G1919) на земле. Смерть влечет за собой не только утрату физического тела, но и зем...
DISCOURSE: 2017 THE CHRISTIAN’S ASSURED PROSPECT OF GLORY 2 Corinthians 5:1. We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hand...
FOR WE KNOW, &C.— We, as has been said but now, having eternal glory in view, do not droop in our work, nor faint under our manifold afflictions: for we are not only persuaded, upon the testimony of G...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Frailty of the Human Body (2 Corinthians 5:1-5) 5 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, 5 we have a building from God, a house not made with han...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Building From God Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with ha...
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. Hence, arises his ambition to be accepted a...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
5:1 house (e-9) 'Tabernacle' is characteristic....
FOR] introduces an additional reason for courage. Even if his earthly tent be taken down, if his body be broken up by death, God has prepared a heavenly mansion for him, a resurrection body which IS e...
PARAPHRASE. 'A further reason for my courage in presence of difficulty and affliction consists in my knowledge that if my body undergo the dissolution of death, I shall be endowed by God with an imper...
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
V. (1) FOR WE KNOW THAT IF OUR EARTHLY HOUSE OF THIS TABERNACLE WERE DISSOLVED. — Better, _be broken up,_ as more in harmony with the image of the tent. The words that follow give the secret of his ca...
CHAPTER 13 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE. 2 Corinthians 5:1 (R.V) THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1. is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out by the Apostle...
His expectation of a Glorified Body hereafter; and his desire to survive until the Second Advent....
οἴδαμεν γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: _for_ (in explanation of 2 Corinthians 4:17) _we know, sc._, we Christians (_cf._ Romans 7:14; 1 Corinthians 8:1), _that if our earthly_ (ἐπίγειος as contrasted with ἐπουράνιος;...
LONGING TO BE “AT HOME WITH THE LORD” 2 Corinthians 5:1 This mortal life is a pilgrimage, and our body is a tent, so slight, so transitory, so easily taken down; but what does it matter, since there...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
VERSE 1. McGarvey and Pendleton see this as a comparison to the spirit of God dwelling in the tabernacle until the temple was built. By inspiration, Paul knew that if the fleshly body were destroyed,...
For (1) 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. (1) Taking occasion by the former compar...
Of this habitation. [1] In the Greek, of this tabernacle; i.e. of the body. St. John Chrysostom take notice that a tabernacle, or tent, is not to dwell in for a long time, but only to lodge in for a w...
(1) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2) For in this we groan, earnestly desirin...
CONTENTS The Apostle is here prosecuting, much the same Subject, as in the preceding Chapter. He speaks with full assurance of Faith, of his eternal Interests, He closeth the Discourse, with stating...
1._For we know. _Here follows an amplification (επεξεργασια) or embellishment of the foregoing statement. (507) For Paul has it in view, to correct in us impatience, dread, and dislike of the cross, c...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
FOR WE KNOW, THAT IF OUR EARTHLY HOUSE,.... By this house is meant the body, so called from its being like a well built house, a curious piece of architecture; as an house consists of a variety of par...
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. Ver. 1. _For we know_] Not we think, or hop...
2 Cor. 5:1. It is a confirmation that the apostle meant the body of the resurrection by a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens, that Christ said, Destroy this temple made with hands, and i...
_For we know_ We pursue, not seen, but unseen things, and do not faint in our work, because we know _that if our earthly house_ Which is only a tabernacle or tent, a mere temporary habitation; _were d...
OUR EARTHLY HOUSE OF THIS TABERNACLE; our body, considered as a tent in which the soul sojourns. Compare 2 Peter 1:13-14. A BUILDING OF GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS; namely, the resurrection-body....
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
1-8 The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope, through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a h...
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1 Paul declareth that, in assured hope of a blessed immortality hereafter, he was indifferent to life, and laboured only to approve himself to Christ, 2 CORINTH...
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. [An allusion to the merging of the tabernacle in...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found...
2 Corinthians 5:1 For G1063 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 if G1437 our G2257 earthly G1919 house G3614 tent
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE SETTING THEIR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE (2 CORINTHIANS 5:1) The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen, now leads on to a consideration of the resurrect...
‘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.' Paul now declares his confidence in a bodily...
2 Corinthians 5:1. FOR WE KNOW THAT IF [1] THE EARTHLY HOUSE OF OUR TABERNACLE BE DISSOLVED or ‘our earthly tent-house be taken down,' [1] Several modern critics think the “if” is here used to leave...
IF--BE DISSOLVED (εαν--καταλυθη). Third class condition, εαν and first aorist passive subjunctive. The very word used (καταλυω) for striking down a tent.THE EARTHLY HOUSE OF OUR TABERNACLE (η επιγ...
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._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
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. For in this we groan,_ In...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
FOR WE KNOW. This links what he is about to say, with 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. THIS TENT WE LIVE IN. A tent is a temporary place to live. This is how Paul thinks of this physical body. Compare Mark 14:5...
_For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved._ THE CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE 1. The description which the apostle makes of the present state in which we now are. 2...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1 THE TENT THAT IS OUR EARTHLY HOME. Present human bodies, which will die. BUILDING FROM GOD... ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS. The resurrection body that believers will...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Corinthians 15:46; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 3:19;...
Our earthly house of this tabernacle [η ε π ι γ ε ι ο ς η μ ω ν ο ι κ ι α τ ο υ σ κ η ν ο υ ς]. 145 Earthly, not, made of earth, which would be coikov as 1 Corinthians 14:47; but upon the earth, terre...
Our earthly house — Which is only a tabernacle, or tent, not designed for a lasting habitation....
Observe here, 1. Our apostle compares the body of. believer to an house, to an earthly house, and to an house of tabernacle: to an house, because of its comely fabric and composure, as also in regard...