The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1

As an aid to clear understanding, here are the English equivalents of the key words and phrases of 2 Corinthians 5:1-9. CFF1 339.1

Verse	Term	Amplified Meaning
(1)	“Earthly house”	this earthly body, in our present temporal condition
	“Tabernacle”	temporary dwelling, earthly body
	“Dissolved”	disintegrate, go back to earthly elements
	“Building of God”	durable edifice, house from Heaven
	“House ... in the heavens”	glorified body provided by the Lord
	“Not made with hands”	of heavenly origin
(2)	“Groan”	sigh in distress, earnestly desiring redemption of body
	“Clothed upon”	to put on the “house” from Heaven
	“House ... from heaven”	glorified resurrection body
(3)	“Clothed”	mortal life in the flesh, here and now
	“Naked”	unclad, in state of death, dissolution
(4)	“Unclothed”	stripped, without either mortal or immortal body
	“Mortality”	corruptible, subject to decay and death
	“Swallowed up of life”	invested with immortality
(5)	“Earnest”	assurance of their full inheritance in the hereafter, token, sure pledge
(6)	“At home in the body”	living in this present life, absent from Lord
	“Absent from the Lord”	not yet in His presence, not yet clothed upon
(8)	“Absent from the body”	resting, asleep in Jesus, relieved of suffering
	“Present with the Lord”	having arrived, because “raised” or “changed,” united with Christ