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inasmuch[a] as we, having taken-off [b] this tent, shall not be found naked[c]. For indeed we, the ones being in the tent[d], are groaning, being burdened, because we do not want to take-off [e] our earthly tent, but to put on our heavenly dwelling over it, in order that the mortal may be swallowed-up by the life. And the One having made us for this very thing is God, the One having given us His pledge: the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:3 Or, since indeed.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:3 Some manuscripts say having put-on the heavenly-dwelling.
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:3 That is, without a body; or, without a dwelling-place. The reverse of v 1.
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:4 That is, physically alive on earth.
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:4 to take off... to put on. That is, to die... to live with God.

because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan(A) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(C)

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