2 Corinthians 5:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for surely when we have been clothed in it we will not be found naked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So that by putting it on we may not be found naked (without a body).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

since we assume that when we take off this tent, we won’t find out that we are naked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked.

2 Corinthians 5:3 Cross References

Exodus 32:25

When Moses saw that the people were out of control (for Aaron had lost control of them, prompting derision among their enemies),

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burden because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Revelation 16:15

(“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)

Revelation 3:18

Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.