"For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:" — 2 Corinthians 5:2

2 Corinthians 5:2 · KJV

“For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:”

— 2 Corinthians 5:2

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Verse 3

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2 Corinthians 5 — Context

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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.

Cross References

Romans 8:23

And not only {they}, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, {to wit}, the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal {must} put on immortality.

Philippians 1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

2 Corinthians 5:3-4

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

Romans 7:24

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of death}

1 Peter 1:6-7

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: