2 Corinthians 5:4

for also the[plural] being in to{the tent}, we-are-sigh/groan-izing, being-weighted upon to{which} we-are_not_will-ing to-out-clothe-selves[i.e. remove clothes]; contrariwise to-clothe-selves-upon in-which-place the die-able may-be-drunk-down[i.e. swallowed up] under of{the being-alive[noun]};

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3and if indeed clothe[ing]-selves, we-will-be-discovered not naked,

5moreover, the work-ize[ing]-self-down/according-to us into same, the-same, God, the give[ing] to{us} the earnest/deposit/pledge of{the Spirit}.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:2for also in to{the-same} we-are-sigh/groan-izing the house-dwelling/abode/habitation of{us}, whence-ing-upon/longing to-clothe-selves-upon the out of{heaven},

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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