2Co 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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For I know {that} my redeemer liveth, and {that} he shall stand at the latter {day} upon the earth:
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting {you} in remembrance;
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, {which are} the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Howbeit that {was} not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if {it were} not {so}, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker {is} God.
For we that are in {this} tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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.
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, {for you: or, for us}
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou {art}, and unto dust shalt thou return.
{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, {ye are} God's building. {husbandry: or, tillage}
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.
When I cry {unto thee}, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God {is} for me.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}
For the which cause 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 that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}
For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if {it were} not {so}, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker {is} God.
And if Christ {be} in you, the body {is} dead because of sin; but the Spirit {is} life because of righteousness.
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness. {enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.
And the LORD God formed man {of} the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. {of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground}
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet {that were} of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. {without...: or, which was not in hands}
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.
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present {us} with you.
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
But go thou thy way till the end {be}: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. {for thou: or, and thou, etc}
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? {of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}
The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. {of the sanctuary: or, of holy things}
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth {part} of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! {me: Heb. my soul, or, my life}
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which {am but} dust and ashes:
This is the sum of the tabernacle, {even} of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, {for} the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto {any} of them falleth, whatsoever {is} in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
And every {thing} whereupon {any part} of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; {whether it be} oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: {for} they {are} unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, {unto} mount Nebo, which {is} in the land of Moab, that {is} over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
Your remembrances {are} like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Behold, I {am} according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. {wish: Heb. mouth} {formed: Heb. cut}
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting {you} in remembrance;
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. {in yourselves...: or, that ye have in or, for} yourselves}