2 Corinthians 5:1
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Greek words
ΟἴδαμενOidamenWe knowG6063γὰρgarforG1063ὅτιhotithatG3754ἐὰνeanifG1437ἡhētheG3588ἐπίγειοςepigeiosearthlyG1919ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165οἰκίαoikiahouseG3614τοῦtoutheG3588σκήνουςskēnoustentG4636καταλυθῇ,kataluthēashall be destroyed,G2647οἰκοδομὴνoikodomēna buildingG3619ἐκekfromG1537θεοῦtheouGodG2316ἔχομεν,echomenwe have,G2192οἰκίανoikiana houseG3614ἀχειροποίητονacheiropoiētonnot made with handsG886αἰώνιονaiōnioneternalG166ἐνeninG1722τοῖςtoistheG3588οὐρανοῖς.ouranoisheavens.G3772
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