2 Corinthians 5:1

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2 Corinthians 5:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

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1 John 3:14

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1 John 3:19

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1 John 5:20

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2 Corinthians 5:4

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1 Corinthians 15:47

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1 Corinthians 15:48

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I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

2 Peter 1:14

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You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

2 Peter 3:11

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness

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In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

John 14:3

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