2 Corinthians 5:4
For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5And He who has wrought me out for this very end is God, who has given me his Spirit as pledge.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:2For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered,
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 →