2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven;

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

3that so invested, we may not be found naked.

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Cross References

Romans 7:24O wretched man, I! who shall pluck me from the body of this death?

1 Corinthians 15:53For that which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality.

Philippians 1:23For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, 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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