2 Corinthians 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs me from the last thread. From morning to night you make an end of me;

Romans 8:23

and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly habitation

2 Corinthians 5:3

if indeed, when we have taken it off, we shall not be found naked.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it right, as long as I am in this “tent,” to stir you up by a reminder,