2 Korintus 5:1

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, ¹  is dismantled, ²  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Korintus 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ³  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ⁴  so that you were not harmed ⁵  in any way by us.

[5:1]  ¹ sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

[5:1]  ² tn Or “destroyed.”

[7:9]  ³ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”