2 Corinthians 5:4

English Standard Version 2016

For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder,

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;

Romans 8:23

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

2 Corinthians 5:3

if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.