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There is a house not made with hands Death and immediate glory, 2 Cor. 5. 1 5-8

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 110, under 2 Corinthians 5:1, 5–8.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 110

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 5 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

2 Corinthians 5:1, 5–8 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under 2 Corinthians 5:1, 5–8. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 5And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come. 6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. 7For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1, 5–8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 2 CORINTHIANS 5

There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high: And here my spirit waiting stands Till God shall bid it fly. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 110. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 110 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN There is a house not made with hands

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