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2 Corinthians 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


2 Corinthians 5:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Corinthians 5:121 words
GreekMeaning
ΟἴδαμενOidamen
We knowverbG6063
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ἐὰνean
ifwordG1437
thearticleG3588
ἐπίγειοςepigeios
earthlyadjectiveG1919
ἡμῶνhēmōn
of uspronounG1473
οἰκίαoikia
housenounG3614
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
σκήνουςskēnous
tentnounG4636
καταλυθῇkatalythē
shall be destroyedverbG2647
οἰκοδομὴνoikodomēn
a buildingnounG3619
ἐκek
fromprepositionG1537
θεοῦtheou
GodnounG2316
ἔχομενechomen
we haveverbG2192
οἰκίανoikian
a housenounG3614
ἀχειροποίητονacheiropoiēton
not made with handsadjectiveG886
αἰώνιονaiōnion
eternaladjectiveG166
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
οὐρανοῖςouranois
heavensnounG3772
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:1

Again he arouses their zeal because many trials drew on. For it was likely that they, in consequence of his absence, were weaker in respect to this [need]. What then says he? One ought not to wonder that we suffer affliction; nor to be confounded, for we even reap many gains thereby. And some of these he mentioned before; for instance, that we “bear about the dying of Jesus,” and present the greatest proof of His power: for he says, “that the exceeding greatness of the power…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 10 on Second Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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