2 Corinthians 5:4
New English Translation
4 For we groan while we are in this tent,[a] since we are weighed down,[b] because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:4 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 tn Or “we are burdened.”
2 Corinthians 5:4
New International Version
4 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.
2 Corinthians 5:4
New King James Version
4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, (A)but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
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