King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 5:4
“For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 5
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For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
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If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
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For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
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Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
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Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.
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