2 Corinthians 5:2
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- KJV
- For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
- WEB
- For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
- ASV
- For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
- DARBY
- For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which [is] from heaven;
- BLB
- For also in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling that [is] from heaven,
- ÅB
- For også mens vi er her til huse, sukker vi, fordi vi lenges etter å overkles med vår bolig fra himmelen,
- OTB
- For i denne boligen sukker vi virkelig, lengtende etter å bli kledd med vår himmelske bolig,
- B1930
- For også mens vi er her til huse, sukker vi, fordi vi lenges efter å overklædes med vår bolig fra himmelen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:53–54
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Read in contextRomans 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:3–4
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Read in context1 Peter 1:6–7
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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