For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven–
(Unhappy man that I am! who will rescue me from this death-burdened body?
And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.