2 Corinthians 5:4

Tree of Life Version

For we groan while we are in this tent—burdened because we don’t want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever. my Lord Adonai will wipe away tears from every face. He will remove His people’s reproach from all the earth. For Adonai has spoken.

Isaiah 38:12

Like a shepherd’s tent, my dwelling is pulled up and carried away from me. Like a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom. From day until night You make my end.

Romans 8:23

and not only creation, but even ourselves. We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Ruach, groan inwardly as we eagerly wait for 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 5:2

For in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling—

2 Corinthians 5:3

if indeed, after we have put it on, we will not be found naked.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it right to stir you up with a reminder, as long as I remain alive in this “tent” of a body—