2 Corinthians 5:4
2 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.
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.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
- DARBY
- For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that [what is] mortal may be swallowed up by life.
- BLB
- For indeed, being in the tent we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that the mortal should be swallowed up by life.
- ÅB
- For vi som er i denne hytte, sukker under byrden, fordi vi ikke vil avkles, men overkles, for at det dødelige kan bli oppslukt av livet.
- OTB
- For vi som er i denne boligen sukker virkelig, følende oss tynget, fordi vi ikke ønsker å være uten dekke, men å bli kledd, slik at det dødelige kan bli omsluttet av livet.
- B1930
- For vi som er i denne hytte, sukker under byrden, fordi vi ikke vil avklædes, men overklædes, forat det dødelige kan bli opslukt av livet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:53–54
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
Read in contextIsaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Read in context2 Peter 1:13
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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