2 Corinthians 5:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.

Isaiah 38:12

My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.

Romans 8:23

and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed:

2 Corinthians 5:2

And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:3

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

2 Peter 1:13

But I consider it just, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up with admonishments.