human body would readily occur to a [tentmaker, Acts 18:3], but St Paul employs it only this once, and it is common enough in literature.” (Cf. 2 Pet. 1:14, where the same metaphor is used.) Paul refers to the prospect that these temporary dwellings will be “dissolved.” (Ridderbos 500 suggests that the dissolution has already commenced.) This word (Greek kataluo) suggests destruction, discarding, abrogation, being brought to nothing. Some interpreters think Paul is carrying on the metaphor of a tent