2 Corinthians 5:5

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has also given to us the Spirit as a pledge.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

In Context

4For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened: not that we would be unclothed, but rather further clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up by life.

6Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only the creation, but ourselves as well, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, prepares for us an incomparable and eternal weight of glory;

Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared beforehand for us to do.

1 John 3:24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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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