2 Corinthians 5:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

Isaiah 38:12

My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.

Romans 8:23

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:51

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

2 Corinthians 5:3

So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

2 Peter 1:13

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;