For we knowthat ifthe earthlytentwhich is our houseis torn down,we havea buildingfrom God,a housenot made with hands,eternalin the heavens.
By the sweatof your faceYou will eatbread,Tillyou returnto the ground,Becausefrom it you were taken;For you are dust,And to dustyou shall return."
"You liftme up to the wind[and] cause me to ride;And You dissolveme in a storm.
Howmuchmorethose who dwellin housesof clay,Whosefoundationis in the dust,Who are crushedbeforethe moth!
Thenmy enemieswill turnbackin the daywhen I call;ThisI know,that Godis for me.
"Like a shepherd'stentmy dwellingis pulledup and removedfrom me; As a weaverI rolledup my life.He cutsme offfrom the loom;From dayuntilnightYou makean endof me.
"We heardHim say,I will destroythistemplemade with hands,and in threedaysI will buildanothermade without hands.'"
"However,the Most Highdoes not dwellin [houses] made by [human] hands;as the prophetsays:
For we are God'sfellow workers;you are God'sfield,God'sbuilding.
But we havethistreasurein earthenvessels,sothat the surpassing greatnessof the powerwill be of Godand not from ourselves;
For indeedwhile we are in thistent,we groan,being burdened,becausewe do not wantto be unclothedbut to be clothed,sothat what is mortalwill be swallowedup by life.
and in Him you were alsocircumcisedwith a circumcisionmade without hands,in the removalof the bodyof the fleshby the circumcisionof Christ;
For thisreasonI alsosufferthese things,but I am not ashamed;for I knowwhomI have believedand I am convincedthat He is ableto guardwhat I have entrustedto Him untilthat day.
for he was lookingfor the citywhichhasfoundations,whosearchitectand builderis God.
But when Christappeared[as] a high priestof the good thingsto come,[He entered] throughthe greaterand more perfecttabernacle,not made with hands,that is to say, not of thiscreation;
For Christdid not entera holy placemade with hands,a [mere] copyof the true one,but into heavenitself,nowto appearin the presenceof Godfor us;
to [obtain] an inheritance[which is] imperishableand undefiledand will not fade away,reservedin heavenfor you,
Since allthese thingsare to be destroyedin this way,what sortof people oughtyou to be in holyconductand godliness,
We knowthat we have passedout of deathinto life,becausewe lovethe brethren.He who does not loveabidesin death.
We will knowby thisthat we are of the truth,and will assureour heartbeforeHim
Beloved,nowwe are childrenof God,and it has not appearedas yetwhatwe will be. We knowthat whenHe appears,we will be likeHim, becausewe will seeHim justas He is.