2 Corinthians 5:1 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.

5:1 NIV

逐节对照

New International Version - 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.
新标点和合本 - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得　神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为我们知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，我们将有上帝所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为我们知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，我们将有　神所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
当代译本 - 我们知道，身体是我们在地上住的帐篷，如果毁坏了，我们就从上帝那里得到一个住处，不是人手造的，而是天上永恒的“房屋”。
圣经新译本 - 我们知道，如果我们在地上的帐棚拆毁了，我们必得着从　神而来的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是天上永存的房屋。
中文标准译本 - 我们知道，当我们属地的家——这帐篷被拆毁的时候，我们就有从神而来的殿宇，不是人手所造的，而是在天上的永恒的家。
现代标点和合本 - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，必得神所造，不是人手所造、在天上永存的房屋。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得上帝所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
New International Reader's Version - We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
The Message - For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we’ll never have to relocate our “tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what’s coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.
Christian Standard Bible - For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
New American Standard Bible - For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
New King James Version - For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Amplified Bible - For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
American Standard Version - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
King James Version - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
New English Translation - For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
World English Bible - For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
新標點和合本 - 我們原知道，我們這地上的帳棚若拆毀了，必得神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為我們知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，我們將有上帝所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為我們知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，我們將有　神所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
當代譯本 - 我們知道，身體是我們在地上住的帳篷，如果毀壞了，我們就從上帝那裡得到一個住處，不是人手造的，而是天上永恆的「房屋」。
聖經新譯本 - 我們知道，如果我們在地上的帳棚拆毀了，我們必得著從　神而來的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是天上永存的房屋。
呂振中譯本 - 我們知道我們這地上的帳篷式房屋若拆毁了，我們就可以從上帝得到建築物，非人手造的、永世的在天上的房屋。
中文標準譯本 - 我們知道，當我們屬地的家——這帳篷被拆毀的時候，我們就有從神而來的殿宇，不是人手所造的，而是在天上的永恆的家。
現代標點和合本 - 我們原知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，必得神所造，不是人手所造、在天上永存的房屋。
文理和合譯本 - 我知在地之幕若壞、則有由於上帝之室、非手所造、悠久於天、
文理委辦譯本 - 我知此身、猶土室帷幕、雖壞、然有上帝經營、非手所作之室、悠久於天、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我知此我屬地之幕屋既壞、則有天主所造、非人手所造之屋、永遠在天、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人現世暫寓之逆旅、固有土崩瓦解之時。然吾人在天有一永久之安宅焉。此宅也、非人手所造、乃天主之所賜也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - De hecho, sabemos que, si esta tienda de campaña en que vivimos se deshace, tenemos de Dios un edificio, una casa eterna en el cielo, no construida por manos humanas.
현대인의 성경 - 우리는 땅에 있는 우리 육체의 집이 무너지면 사람의 손으로 지은 것이 아닌 하나님이 지으신 하늘의 영원한 집을 소유하게 될 것을 압니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждет вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Богом, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Всевышним, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Аллахом, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Всевышним, а не руками людей.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous le savons, en effet : si notre demeure, cette tente que nous habitons sur la terre, vient à être détruite, nous avons au ciel une maison que Dieu nous a préparée, une habitation éternelle qui n’est pas l’œuvre de l’homme.
リビングバイブル - 私たちがいま住んでいる地上の家が取りこわされても〔すなわち、私たちが死んでこの肉体を離れても〕、天には新しい体、永遠に保証された家があります。それは、人の手ではなく、神の手でつくられた家です。
Nestle Aland 28 - Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Sabemos que, se for destruída a temporária habitação terrena em que vivemos, temos da parte de Deus um edifício, uma casa eterna nos céus, não construída por mãos humanas.
Hoffnung für alle - Das wissen wir: Unser irdischer Leib ist vergänglich; er gleicht einem Zelt, das eines Tages abgebrochen wird. Dann erhalten wir einen neuen Leib, eine Behausung, die nicht von Menschen errichtet ist. Gott hält sie im Himmel für uns bereit, und sie wird ewig bleiben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng ta biết nhà bằng đất tạm thời của chúng ta đổ nát, chúng ta vẫn còn nhà đời đời trên trời, do Đức Chúa Trời sáng tạo, không phải do loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บัดนี้เรารู้อยู่ว่าหากเต็นท์ฝ่ายโลกนี้ที่เราอาศัยอยู่ถูกทำลายลง เราก็มีบ้านจากพระเจ้า คือบ้านนิรันดร์ในสวรรค์ซึ่งไม่ได้สร้างขึ้นด้วยมือมนุษย์
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交叉引用

2 Timothy 1:12 - That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
Psalm 56:9 - Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
1 Corinthians 3:9 - For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Job 30:22 - You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.
Colossians 2:11 - In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,
Hebrews 11:10 - For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Mark 14:58 - “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.’ ”
2 Peter 3:11 - Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
2 Corinthians 5:4 - For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
John 14:2 - My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
1 Peter 1:4 - and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
Job 4:19 - how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
1 Corinthians 15:46 - The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:47 - The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:48 - As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
Hebrews 9:11 - But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
Hebrews 9:24 - For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
2 Corinthians 4:7 - But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
2 Peter 1:13 - I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
2 Peter 1:14 - because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
Job 19:25 - I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:26 - And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
1 John 3:2 - Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New International Version - 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.
新标点和合本 - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得　神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为我们知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，我们将有上帝所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为我们知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，我们将有　神所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
当代译本 - 我们知道，身体是我们在地上住的帐篷，如果毁坏了，我们就从上帝那里得到一个住处，不是人手造的，而是天上永恒的“房屋”。
圣经新译本 - 我们知道，如果我们在地上的帐棚拆毁了，我们必得着从　神而来的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是天上永存的房屋。
中文标准译本 - 我们知道，当我们属地的家——这帐篷被拆毁的时候，我们就有从神而来的殿宇，不是人手所造的，而是在天上的永恒的家。
现代标点和合本 - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐篷若拆毁了，必得神所造，不是人手所造、在天上永存的房屋。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得上帝所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
New International Reader's Version - We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
The Message - For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we’ll never have to relocate our “tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what’s coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.
Christian Standard Bible - For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
New American Standard Bible - For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
New King James Version - For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Amplified Bible - For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
American Standard Version - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
King James Version - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
New English Translation - For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
World English Bible - For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
新標點和合本 - 我們原知道，我們這地上的帳棚若拆毀了，必得神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為我們知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，我們將有上帝所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為我們知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，我們將有　神所造的居所，不是人手所造的，而是在天上永存的。
當代譯本 - 我們知道，身體是我們在地上住的帳篷，如果毀壞了，我們就從上帝那裡得到一個住處，不是人手造的，而是天上永恆的「房屋」。
聖經新譯本 - 我們知道，如果我們在地上的帳棚拆毀了，我們必得著從　神而來的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是天上永存的房屋。
呂振中譯本 - 我們知道我們這地上的帳篷式房屋若拆毁了，我們就可以從上帝得到建築物，非人手造的、永世的在天上的房屋。
中文標準譯本 - 我們知道，當我們屬地的家——這帳篷被拆毀的時候，我們就有從神而來的殿宇，不是人手所造的，而是在天上的永恆的家。
現代標點和合本 - 我們原知道，我們這地上的帳篷若拆毀了，必得神所造，不是人手所造、在天上永存的房屋。
文理和合譯本 - 我知在地之幕若壞、則有由於上帝之室、非手所造、悠久於天、
文理委辦譯本 - 我知此身、猶土室帷幕、雖壞、然有上帝經營、非手所作之室、悠久於天、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我知此我屬地之幕屋既壞、則有天主所造、非人手所造之屋、永遠在天、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人現世暫寓之逆旅、固有土崩瓦解之時。然吾人在天有一永久之安宅焉。此宅也、非人手所造、乃天主之所賜也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - De hecho, sabemos que, si esta tienda de campaña en que vivimos se deshace, tenemos de Dios un edificio, una casa eterna en el cielo, no construida por manos humanas.
현대인의 성경 - 우리는 땅에 있는 우리 육체의 집이 무너지면 사람의 손으로 지은 것이 아닌 하나님이 지으신 하늘의 영원한 집을 소유하게 될 것을 압니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждет вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Богом, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Всевышним, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Аллахом, а не руками людей.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мы знаем, что когда наша земная палатка – наше тело – будет уничтожена, тогда на небе нас ждёт вечный дом – духовное тело, созданное Всевышним, а не руками людей.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous le savons, en effet : si notre demeure, cette tente que nous habitons sur la terre, vient à être détruite, nous avons au ciel une maison que Dieu nous a préparée, une habitation éternelle qui n’est pas l’œuvre de l’homme.
リビングバイブル - 私たちがいま住んでいる地上の家が取りこわされても〔すなわち、私たちが死んでこの肉体を離れても〕、天には新しい体、永遠に保証された家があります。それは、人の手ではなく、神の手でつくられた家です。
Nestle Aland 28 - Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Sabemos que, se for destruída a temporária habitação terrena em que vivemos, temos da parte de Deus um edifício, uma casa eterna nos céus, não construída por mãos humanas.
Hoffnung für alle - Das wissen wir: Unser irdischer Leib ist vergänglich; er gleicht einem Zelt, das eines Tages abgebrochen wird. Dann erhalten wir einen neuen Leib, eine Behausung, die nicht von Menschen errichtet ist. Gott hält sie im Himmel für uns bereit, und sie wird ewig bleiben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng ta biết nhà bằng đất tạm thời của chúng ta đổ nát, chúng ta vẫn còn nhà đời đời trên trời, do Đức Chúa Trời sáng tạo, không phải do loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บัดนี้เรารู้อยู่ว่าหากเต็นท์ฝ่ายโลกนี้ที่เราอาศัยอยู่ถูกทำลายลง เราก็มีบ้านจากพระเจ้า คือบ้านนิรันดร์ในสวรรค์ซึ่งไม่ได้สร้างขึ้นด้วยมือมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะเราทราบว่า หากกระโจมซึ่งเป็นร่างดินของเราถูกทำลายไป เราก็จะได้เรือนจากพระเจ้า ซึ่งเป็นบ้านอันเป็นนิรันดร์ในสวรรค์ ที่ไม่ได้สร้างขึ้นด้วยมือมนุษย์

2 Timothy 1:12 - That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
Psalm 56:9 - Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
1 Corinthians 3:9 - For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Job 30:22 - You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.
Colossians 2:11 - In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,
Hebrews 11:10 - For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Mark 14:58 - “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.’ ”
2 Peter 3:11 - Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
2 Corinthians 5:4 - For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
John 14:2 - My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
1 Peter 1:4 - and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
Job 4:19 - how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
1 Corinthians 15:46 - The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:47 - The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:48 - As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
Hebrews 9:11 - But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
Hebrews 9:24 - For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
2 Corinthians 4:7 - But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
2 Peter 1:13 - I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
2 Peter 1:14 - because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
Job 19:25 - I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:26 - And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
1 John 3:2 - Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.