2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house that is from heaven,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

In Context

1For we know that if our earthly house, which is but a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

3since, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.

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Cross References

Romans 7:24Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body that subjects me to death?

1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible body must put on incorruptibility; and this mortal body must put on immortality.

Philippians 1:23I am in a strait between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better:

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12

The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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