2 Corinthians 5:4

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

Romans 8:23

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.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 5:3

if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

2 Peter 1:13

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,