2 Corinthians 5:1 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

2 Corinthians 5:3 if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "earthly", "house", "tabernacle", "dissolved", "building", "hands", and "eternal". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "earthly" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "For verily in this we groan longing...", so "earthly" and "house" should be read forward into that movement. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "earthly" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.