# if our earthly house—the tent—is destroyed, we have a building from God

"if people destroy our earthly house—the tent—we have" or "if people kill our bodies, we have". Paul emphasizes that the Christian's circumstances in this world are temporary. It gives hope to those who are suffering.

# if our earthly house—the tent—is destroyed

"if the tent that is our home on earth is destroyed"

# It is a house not made by human hands

"It is a house that humans did not make"