2 Corinthians 5:1
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New Bodies
5 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
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1 John 3:2
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2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
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Job 19:25-26
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25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
26 And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God![a]
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- 19:26 Or without my body I will see God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
2 Peter 1:13-14
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13 And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.[a] 14 For our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I must soon leave this earthly life,[b]
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Hebrews 9:11
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Christ Is the Perfect Sacrifice
11 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come.[a] He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.
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- 9:11 Some manuscripts read that are about to come.
Hebrews 9:24
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24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.
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2 Corinthians 4:7
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7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.[a] This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
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- 4:7 Greek We now have this treasure in clay jars.
Job 4:19
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19 how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
2 Peter 3:11
New Living Translation
11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live,
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1 Peter 1:4
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4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
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1 Corinthians 15:46-48
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46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48 Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man.
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John 14:2-3
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2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
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2 Corinthians 5:4
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4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.
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Mark 14:58
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58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another, made without human hands.’”
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Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
1 John 5:19-20
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19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God.[a] And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.
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- 5:20 Greek the one who is true.
1 John 3:19
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19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.
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1 John 3:14
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14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
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Hebrews 11:10
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10 Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
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Colossians 2:11
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11 When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[a]
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- 2:11 Greek the cutting away of the body of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
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Psalm 56:9
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9 My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
This I know: God is on my side!
Job 30:22
New Living Translation
22 You throw me into the whirlwind
and destroy me in the storm.
2 Timothy 1:12
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12 That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him[a] until the day of his return.
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- 1:12 Or what has been entrusted to me.
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