2 Corinthians 5:4
For we who are in this ‘tent’ sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in Life.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3sure that, when we have put it on, we shall never be found discarnate.
5And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:2Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly dwelling,
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 →