2 Corinthians 5:4

Modern English Version

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we wish to be unclothed, but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal might be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He shall take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken it.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is pulled up and removed from me as a shepherd’s tent; I rolled up my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; from day even to night You make an end of me.

Romans 8:23

Not only that, but we also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan within ourselves while eagerly waiting for adoption, 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 5:2

In this one we groan, earnestly desiring to be sheltered with our house which is from heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:3

Thus being sheltered, we shall not be found unsheltered.

2 Peter 1:13

I consider it right, as long as I live in this body, to stir you up by reminding you,