1 For we know that if 1the tent that is 2our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, 3a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
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if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.
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For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened--not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.