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2 Corinthians 5:4

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For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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2 Corinthians 5:4 in other translations

For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

2 Corinthians 5:4 · American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 5:4 in context

  1. 2For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
  2. 3if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.
  3. 4For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  4. 5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
  5. 6Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;