2 Corinthians 5:1

First Nations Version

Our bodies are like tipis that we live in here on earth. If our tipi wears out and is taken down in death, we know for sure that the Great Spirit has a better lodge for us in the spirit-world above. That lodge is not made with human hands and will never grow old or wear out.

Cross References

1 John 3:2

Much-loved friends, we are now Creator’s children. It is not yet clear what we will be. But we know that when the Chosen One appears, we will be like him, for we will see him as he truly is.

Hebrews 9:24

For the Chosen One did not go into a Holy Place made with human hands—an earthly copy of the true Holy Place. He went into the spirit-world above, where he now represents us before the Great Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Our bodies are like old clay pots that have been filled with the sacred gift of his light. This shows that the great power we have does not come from us but from our Creator.

Hebrews 9:11

But now the Chosen One has appeared as the chief holy man of the good things that have now come. He entered into the true and greater sacred tent lodge, the one not made with human hands, meaning not of this creation. He entered into the Most Holy Place once for all time and for all people.

1 Peter 1:4

These shared blessings are kept safe in the spirit-world above, where they will never grow old, become impure, or fade away.

2 Corinthians 5:4

As long as we remain in these tipis of our earthly bodies, we keep groaning with heavy hearts, longing for something more. We do not desire our earthly bodies to be stripped from us, but that we would be fitted with our new bodies. When this happens, these death-doomed bodies of ours will be overtaken with new life.

Mark 14:58

“We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this sacred lodge made with hands and in three days I will build another not made with hands.’”

2 Peter 3:11

Seeing that all these things will come to an end in this manner, you should be a people who walk a sacred path that brings honor to the Great Spirit.

Colossians 2:11

In the Chosen One, you received a spiritual cutting of the flesh ceremony done without human hands. The Chosen One did this for you, by the cutting off of your weak human ways.

1 John 3:19

This is how we can be sure we belong to the way of truth. Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace when we stand before him. For Creator is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have crossed over from death to life, because we love each other. The ones who do not love remain under the power of death.

Hebrews 11:10

There he waited, for he was looking for a village that would remain—one built on solid ground. A village whose maker and builder is the Great Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are working side by side with the help of the Great Spirit. You are Creator’s garden where he grows good fruit, and you are the sacred lodge where he has chosen to live.

2 Timothy 1:12

This is the reason I walk a path of hardship and suffering. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust. I am sure that he will watch over me as I walk this sacred path toward that day.

Acts 7:48

“But the One Above Us All does not live in lodges built by human hands, for the prophet Creator Will Help Us (Isaiah) has said,