Sentences with phrase «earthly tent»
The phrase "earthly tent" refers to our physical body on Earth, which is temporary and subject to decay, just like a tent. Full definition
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands (2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:1).
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This jibes perfectly with immortality «taking off» mortality, or being clothed with an «earthly tent».
It fits with the imagery of taking off an earthly tent.
Are «you» the old man — the flesh, the carnal nature, or this earthly tent — which has been cursed and is prone to sin, depression, hate and rebellion against God?
«For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
The Lord has most sweetly and gratuitously given notice of termination of lease upon «this our earthly tent» (cf 2 Cor 5:1).
For similarly dispossessed people, the apostle Paul wrote, «For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, but eternal in the heavens» (2 Cor.