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Texts -- 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 (NET)

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Living by Faith, Not by Sight
5:1 For we know that if our earthly house , the tent we live in, is dismantled , we have a building from God , a house not built by human hands , that is eternal in the heavens . 5:2 For in this earthly house we groan , because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling , 5:3 if indeed , after we have put on our heavenly house , we will not be found naked . 5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent , since we are weighed down , because we do not want to be unclothed , but clothed , so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life .

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  • [2Co 5:1] There Is A House Not Made With Hands

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Continued Existence After Death; Rest in Six Aspects; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Hebrews 11:1-6; What is a Christian?

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

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  • Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. Reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, n. d.Balge, Richard D. "Exegesis of 2 Corinthians 9:1-7."Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly 85:3 (Summer 1988):220-29.Barclay, William. The Let...
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Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

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