2 Corinthians 5:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For while we are still in this tent, we sigh with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end;

Romans 8:23

and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

2 Corinthians 5:2

Here indeed we groan, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 5:3

so that by putting it on we may not be found naked.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,