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2 Corinthians 5

2 Cor. 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
we know
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
if
ean (Greek #1437)
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
KJV usage: before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
Pronounce: eh-an'
Origin: from 1487 and 302
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
earthly
epigeios (Greek #1919)
worldly (physically or morally)
KJV usage: earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
Pronounce: ep-ig'-i-os
Origin: from 1909 and 1093
house
oikia (Greek #3614)
properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
KJV usage: home, house(-hold).
Pronounce: oy-kee'-ah
Origin: from 3624
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
this tabernacle
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
skenos (Greek #4636)
a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)
KJV usage: tabernacle.
Pronounce: skay'-nos
Origin: from 4633
y were dissolved
kataluo (Greek #2647)
to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare 2646) to halt for the night
KJV usage: destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.
Pronounce: kat-al-oo'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 3089
, we have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
a building
oikodome (Greek #3619)
architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation
KJV usage: building, edify(-ication, -ing).
Pronounce: oy-kod-om-ay'
Origin: feminine (abstract) of a compound of 3624 and the base of 1430
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, an house
oikia (Greek #3614)
properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
KJV usage: home, house(-hold).
Pronounce: oy-kee'-ah
Origin: from 3624
a not made with hands
acheiropoietos (Greek #886)
unmanufactured, i.e. inartificial
KJV usage: made without (not made with) hands.
Pronounce: akh-i-rop-oy'-ay-tos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5499
, eternal
aionios (Greek #166)
perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well)
KJV usage: eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began).
Pronounce: ahee-o'-nee-os
Origin: from 165
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the heavens
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
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Job 4:19•  (Job 4:19)
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2 Peter 1:13‑14• 13And I deem [it] right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in mind,
 14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedy, according as our Lord Jesus Christ manifested to me, (2 Peter 1:13‑14)
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1 Peter 1:4• 4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you (1 Peter 1:4)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8:  That in his assured hope of immortal glory,
9-11:  and in expectation of it, and of the general judgment, he labours to keep a good conscience;
12-13:  not that he may herein boast of himself,
14-17:  but as one that, having received life from Christ, endeavours to live as a new creature to Christ only,
18-21:  and by his ministry of reconciliation, to reconcile others also in Christ to God.
we know.
Job 19:25‑26•  (Job 19:25‑26)
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Psa. 56:9•  (Psa. 56:9)
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2 Tim. 1:12• 12For which cause also I suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed; and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted against that day. (2 Tim. 1:12)
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1 John 3:2,14,19• 2Beloved, now are we God's children, and not yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that if he should be manifested we shall be like him, because we shall see him even as he is.
 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not the brother abideth in death.
 19And herein we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him, (1 John 3:2,14,19)
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1 John 5:19‑20• 19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the wicked one.
 20And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal. (1 John 5:19‑20)
our.
2 Cor. 5:4• 4For also we that are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened, because we desire not to be unclothed but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. (2 Cor. 5:4)
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2 Cor. 4:7• 7But we have this treasure in earthenware vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be God's, and not of us, (2 Cor. 4:7)
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Gen. 3:19•  (Gen. 3:19)
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Job 4:19•  (Job 4:19)
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1 Cor. 15:46‑48• 46yet not first [is] the spiritual, but the natural, afterward the spiritual;
 47the first man out of the earth made of dust, the second man out of heaven:
 48as [is] he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and as [is] the heavenly [one], such also the heavenly [ones]; (1 Cor. 15:46‑48)
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2 Peter 1:13‑14• 13And I deem [it] right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in mind,
 14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedy, according as our Lord Jesus Christ manifested to me, (2 Peter 1:13‑14)
dissolved.
Job 30:22•  (Job 30:22)
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2 Peter 3:11• 11All these things being thus to be dissolved, of what sort ought ye to be in holy ways and godliness, (2 Peter 3:11)
a building.
John 14:2‑3• 2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if not so, I would have told you, because I go to prepare a place for you.
 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be. (John 14:2‑3)
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1 Cor. 3:9• 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)
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Heb. 11:10• 10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder. (Heb. 11:10)
an.
Col. 2:11• 11in whom also ye were circumcised with circumcision not wrought by hand, in the putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ; (Col. 2:11)
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Heb. 9:11,24• 11But Christ having come high priest of the good things to come by the better and more perfect tabernacle, not handmade (that is, not of this creation),
 24For the Christ entered not into handmade holies, figures of the true, but into the heaven itself now to appear to the face of God for us; (Heb. 9:11,24)
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1 Peter 1:4• 4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you (1 Peter 1:4)
• He knew it. Christians know it as a part of their faith. We know—a certainty which caused this glory, which he knew to be his, to be a real and practical hope in the heart by the power of the Holy Spirit—a reality present by faith. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)
• The body in its present state he compares to a tabernacle to be taken down, in its future to a building from God as the source, and to a house not made with hands, and hence everlasting in the heavens, its suited and purposed sphere forever. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• It is one of the few passages which treat of the intermediate state, as well as of the resurrection or change of the body for glory. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• This is the true force of ἔχομεν, not in the least as conveying that the house is one on which we enter immediately after death, but its certainty to faith. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:1-3” by W. Kelly)
• There are two little expressions that Paul uses in verse 1 which appear many times in his epistles. They are: “we know” and “we have.” These expressions denote Christian knowledge and Christian possession, which characterize Christianity. “We know” is not the knowledge of experience, or the knowledge of tuition, but knowledge acquired by divine revelation. The apostles were given revelations by which the body of Christian knowledge was given to the Church (1 Cor. 2:10-16). “We have” refers to the special portion (blessings) that belongs to all Christians through the finished work of Christ and the indwelling presence of the Spirit of God. (“The Motives of the Christian Minister in Devoting Himself to the Service of the Lord: 2 Corinthians 5” by B. Anstey)
• “Not made with hands” simply means, “not of this creation” (Heb. 9:11). (“The Motives of the Christian Minister in Devoting Himself to the Service of the Lord: 2 Corinthians 5” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For we know that if our earthly tabernacle housee be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

JND Translation Notes

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"Tabernacle" is characteristic.

W. Kelly Translation

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For we know that if our earthly tabernacle-house be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens.