But now we groan in this tent. We want God to give us our heavenly home,
You dressed me with skin and flesh; you sewed me together with bones and muscles.
What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death?
Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.
But look! I tell you this secret: We will not all sleep in death, but we will all be changed.
It is hard to choose between the two. I want to leave this life and be with Christ, which is much better,