Assurance of the Resurrection

For we know that if (A)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (B)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body

Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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Beloved, (A)now we are children of God; and (B)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (C)we shall be like Him, for (D)we shall see Him as He is.

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Dear friends,(A) now we are children of God,(B) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](C) we shall be like him,(D) for we shall see him as he is.(E)

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  1. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [a]destroyed, this I know,
That (A)in my flesh I shall see God,

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  1. Job 19:26 Lit. struck off

25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)

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  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  3. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  4. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from

13 Yes, I think it is right, (A)as long as I am in this [a]tent, (B)to stir you up by reminding you, 14 (C)knowing that shortly I must [b]put off my tent, just as (D)our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:13 Body
  2. 2 Peter 1:14 Die and leave this body

13 I think it is right to refresh your memory(A) as long as I live in the tent of this body,(B) 14 because I know that I will soon put it aside,(C) as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.(D)

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Cast Down but Unconquered

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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The Heavenly Sanctuary

11 But Christ came as High Priest of (A)the good things [a]to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

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  1. Hebrews 9:11 NU that have come

The Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ came as high priest(A) of the good things that are now already here,[a](B) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle(C) that is not made with human hands,(D) that is to say, is not a part of this creation.

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  1. Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come

24 For (A)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are [a]copies of (B)the true, but into heaven itself, now (C)to appear in the presence of God for us;

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  1. Hebrews 9:24 representations

24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(A) he entered heaven itself,(B) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(C)

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19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?

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19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(A)
    whose foundations(B) are in the dust,(C)
    who are crushed(D) more readily than a moth!(E)

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11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (A)in holy conduct and godliness,

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11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

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to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (A)reserved in heaven for you,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable

and into an inheritance(A) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(B) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(C)

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46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 (A)The first man was of the earth, (B)made[a] of dust; the second Man is [b]the Lord (C)from heaven. 48 As was the [c]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; (D)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:48 earthy

46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(A) 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(B) the second man is of heaven.(C) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(D)

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In My Father’s house are many [a]mansions; if it were not so, [b]I would have told you. (A)I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, (B)I will come again and receive you to Myself; that (C)where I am, there you may be also.

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  1. John 14:2 Lit. dwellings
  2. John 14:2 NU would I have told you that I go or I would have told you; for I go

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there(A) to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(B) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(C)

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For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, (A)but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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For while we are in this tent, we groan(A) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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