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2 Corinthians 4 18-2 Corinthians 5 7
while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.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.For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;for we walk by faith, not by sight.
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Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
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Hebrews 13:14
For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
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Romans 8:23-25
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
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Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.