2 Corinthians 5:4

The Passion Translation

So, while living in this “tent,” we groan under its burden, not because we want to die but because we want these new bodies. We crave for all that is mortal to be swallowed up by eternal life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

It is the gloom of death! He will swallow it up in victory forever! And God, Lord Yahweh, will wipe away every tear from every face. He will remove every trace of disgrace that his people have suffered throughout the world, for the Lord Yahweh has promised it!

Isaiah 38:12

My body is being folded up and taken from me, taken down like a shepherd’s tent. He cuts my life short, as a weaver cuts his cloth from the loom and rolls it up. From day to night, you bring my life to an end.

Romans 8:23

And it’s not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spirit also inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God’s sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, and I will tell you a divine mystery: not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed.

2 Corinthians 5:2

We inwardly sigh as we live in these physical “tents,” longing to put on a new body for our life in heaven,

2 Corinthians 5:3

in the belief that once we put on our new “clothing” we won’t find ourselves “naked.”

2 Peter 1:13

And as long as I live I will continue to awaken you with this reminder,