2 Corinthians 5:2

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For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

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  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
  • 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life. 54 But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
  • 2 Cor 5:3-4 : 3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed. 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways, 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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    3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

    5 Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

    6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

    7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

    8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

    9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

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    1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

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    20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

    21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

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    48 Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.

    49 And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.

    50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

    51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

    52 In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

    53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

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    16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

    23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

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    14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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    13 But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.

    14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

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    11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

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    14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

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    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

    12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

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    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

    22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

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    44 It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

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    17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

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    8 But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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    4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

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    23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

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    4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

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    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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    11 For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

    12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,

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    13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

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    19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

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    12 We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

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    18 So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

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    30 Because we are parts of his body.

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    18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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    2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

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    18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

    19 For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.