For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our house which is from heaven: Treasury of Scripture we. 2 Corinthians 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed on... Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves... 1 Peter 1:6,7 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations... earnestly. Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: clothed. 2 Corinthians 5:3,4 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked... 1 Corinthians 15:53,54 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality...
Context Our Eternal Dwelling
1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our house which is from heaven: 3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed on, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit. 6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
Douay-Rheims Bible
For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven.
Darby Bible Translation
For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which is from heaven;
King James Bible
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
Young's Literal Translation
for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,
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