2 Corinthians 5:4

And verily, we who are in the tent, do sigh, being weighed down, while yet we are not wishing to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves over,—in order that, what is mortal, may be swallowed up, by life.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3Although, indeed, even clothing ourselves, we shall not be found, naked;—

5Now, he that hath wrought us for this very thing, is, God,—who hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit,

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Cross References

Isaiah 25:8Having swallowed up death itself victoriously, My Lord, Yahweh, will wipe away, tears from off all faces,—And the reproach of his own people, will he remove from off all the earth, For, Yahweh, hath spoken.

2 Corinthians 5:2And verily, in this, we sigh, earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves over, with our habitation which is 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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