2 Corinthians 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Dissolved

Job 30:22

2 Peter 3:11

A building

John 14:2

1 Corinthians 3:9

Hebrews 11:10

An

Colossians 2:11

Hebrews 9:11

1 Peter 1:4

General references

Leviticus 23:42

Mark 14:58

Bible References

Dissolved

“You lift me up on the wind and cause me to ride [upon it];
And You toss me about in the tempest and dissolve me in the storm.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be [in the meantime] in holy behavior [that is, in a pattern of daily life that sets you apart as a believer] and in godliness [displaying profound reverence toward our awesome God],

A building

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.

For we are God’s fellow workers [His servants working together]; you are God’s cultivated field [His garden, His vineyard], God’s building.

For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.

An

In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature],

But when Christ appeared as a High Priest of the good things to come [that is, true spiritual worship], He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not a part of this [material] creation.

[born anew] into an inheritance which is imperishable [beyond the reach of change] and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

General references

You shall live in booths (temporary shelters) for seven days; all native-born in Israel shall live in booths,

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple (sanctuary) that was made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”