For indeedin this[house] we groan,longingto be clothedwith our dwellingfrom heaven,
Clotheme with skinand flesh,And knitme togetherwith bonesand sinews?
Wretchedmanthat I am! Whowill set me freefrom the bodyof thisdeath?
And not onlythis, but alsowe ourselves,havingthe first fruitsof the Spirit,evenwe ourselvesgroanwithinourselves,waiting eagerlyfor [our] adoption as sons,the redemptionof our body.
Behold,I tellyou a mystery;we will not allsleep,but we will allbe changed,
But I am hard-pressedfrom both[directions], havingthe desireto departand be with Christ,for [that] is very muchbetter;