2 Corinthians 5:4

New King James Version

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.

2 Peter 1:13

Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

Isaiah 38:12

My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

Romans 8:23

Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—

2 Corinthians 5:3

if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.