2 Corinthians 5:1 (DBY)

Passage

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

2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which [is] from heaven;

2 Corinthians 5:3 if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "For indeed in this we groan ardently...", so "earthly" and "tabernacle" 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 "tabernacle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.