2 Corinthians 5:4

The Scriptures 2009

For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we wish to put it off, but to put on the other, so that what is to die might be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He shall swallow up death forever, and the Master יהוה shall wipe away tears from all faces, and take away the reproach of His people from all the earth. For יהוה has spoken.

Isaiah 38:12

“My dwelling is plucked up, 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 to night You make an end of me.

Romans 8:23

And not only so, but even we ourselves who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we ourselves also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 15:51

See, I speak a secret to you: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

2 Corinthians 5:2

For indeed in this we groan, longing to put on our dwelling which is from heaven,

2 Corinthians 5:3

so that, having put it on, we shall not be found naked.

2 Peter 1:13

But I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by a reminder,