2 Corinthians 5:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:

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  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
  • 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
  • 2 Cor 5:3-4 : 3 If indeed, being clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that mortality might be swallowed up by life.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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    3If indeed, being clothed, we shall not be found naked.

    4For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that mortality might be swallowed up by life.

    5Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

    6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

    7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

    8We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

    9Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

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    1For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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    20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

    21Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.

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    48As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

    49And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

    50Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

    51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

    52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

    53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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    16For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

    18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    22For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

    23And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

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    14Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

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    13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

    14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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    14For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

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    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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    10Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

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    21In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

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    44It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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    8And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.

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    23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

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    4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

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    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

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    11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.

    12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ;

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

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    12For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

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    18Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

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    30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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    18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

    19For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.