2 Corinthians 4:17--5:1

4:17 For our momentary, light suffering ¹  is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison 4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, ²  is dismantled, ³  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:1

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, ⁴  is dismantled, ⁵  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 6:18

6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” ⁶  says the All-Powerful Lord. ⁷ 

Jude 1:21

1:21 maintain ⁸  yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating ⁹  the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”

² sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

³ tn Or “destroyed.”

⁴ sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

⁵ tn Or “destroyed.”

⁶ sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.

⁷ tn Traditionally, “the Lord Almighty.” BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…κύριος π. (oft. LXX) 2 Cor 6:18.”

⁸ tn Or “keep.”

⁹ tn Or “waiting for.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “unto eternal life.”