Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
2 Corinthians 5:1
The House Not Made with Hands
SUMMARY OF II CORINTHIANS 5: The Groaning for Deliverance. The Divine
Cloth for the Soul Which Has Laid Aside Its Mortal. Tenement.
Absent from the Body, but Present with the Lord. Appearing Before
the Judgment Seat. Dying with Christ. New Creatures. The Ministry of
Reconciliation.
For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were
dissolved. Paul has spoken of looking for the things that are unseen
and eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). He now describes the body as only a tent
dwelling, a temporary abode, in which we are camping during a journey.
If death should come and the body be dissolved,
we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens. There is another dwelling for the redeemed, "the spiritual
body" described in 1 Corinthians 15:44, a heavenly and eternal body. To the
saint, death is the exchange of the earthly tent dwelling for this
eternal spiritual body.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Corinthians 5:1
2 Corinthians 5:2
Philippians 3:21
DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.
E-mail this page
