2 Corinthians 5:1 (GNV)

Passage

For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For therefore we sighe, desiring to be clothed with our house, which is from heauen.

2 Corinthians 5:3 Because that if we be clothed, we shall not be found naked.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "For therefore we sighe desiring to be...", so "knowe" and "earthly" 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 "knowe" and "earthly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.