For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,
You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –
I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,