2 Corinthians 5:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

BBE:

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

DBY:

For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which is from heaven;

ERV:

For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

WEY:

For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--

WBS:

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

WEB:

For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

YLT:

for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

2 Corinthians 5:2 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 8:23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 15:53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be {a} clothed upon with our house which is from {b} heaven:
(a) He calls the glory of immortality, which we will be as it were clothed with, a garment.
(b) Heavenly, not that the substance of it is heavenly, but rather the glory of it.

PNT:

5:2 For in this we groan. While in this fragile, suffering earthly body, Paul longed for the deliverance from it and for the house not made with hands (2Co 5:1), the spiritual body.
Desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. The thought is that when the spirit leaves the mortal clay, it lays off an old and worn-out clothing, and is to be clothed with, or invested in, its divine clothing.

WES:

5:2 Desiring to be clothed upon - This body, which is now covered with flesh and blood, with the glorious house which is from heaven. Instead of flesh and blood, which cannot enter heaven, the rising body will be clothed or covered with what is analogous thereto, but incorruptible and immortal. Macarius speaks largely of this.

MHC:

5:1-8 The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope, through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a hiding-place. In our Father's house there are many mansions, whose Builder and Maker is God. The happiness of the future state is what God has prepared for those that love him: everlasting habitations, not like the earthly tabernacles, the poor cottages of clay, in which our souls now dwell; that are mouldering and decaying, whose foundations are in the dust. The body of flesh is a heavy burden, the calamities of life are a heavy load. But believers groan, being burdened with a body of sin, and because of the many corruptions remaining and raging within them. Death will strip us of the clothing of flesh, and all the comforts of life, as well as end all our troubles here below. But believing souls shall be clothed with garments of praise, with robes of righteousness and glory. The present graces and comforts of the Spirit are earnests of everlasting grace and comfort. And though God is with us here, by his Spirit, and in his ordinances, yet we are not with him as we hope to be. Faith is for this world, and sight is for the other world. It is our duty, and it will be our interest, to walk by faith, till we live by sight. This shows clearly the happiness to be enjoyed by the souls of believers when absent from the body, and where Jesus makes known his glorious presence. We are related to the body and to the Lord; each claims a part in us. But how much more powerfully the Lord pleads for having the soul of the believer closely united with himself! Thou art one of the souls I have loved and chosen; one of those given to me. What is death, as an object of fear, compared with being absent from the Lord!

CONC:

Ardently Certainly Clothe Clothed Crying Desiring Dwelling Earnestly Greatly Groan Habitation Heaven Heavenly Indeed Longing Ourselves Sigh Verily Weariness

Ardently Clothe Clothed Crying Desiring Dwelling Earnestly Greatly Groan Habitation Heaven Heavenly House Indeed Longing Meanwhile Ourselves Sigh Verily Weariness

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