Verse 2

Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
  • 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
  • 2 Cor 5:3-4 : 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.