World English Bible
2 Corinthians 5:4
“For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 5
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For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
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if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
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For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
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Therefore, we are always confident and know that while 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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