II Corinthians 5:4
The Scripture
(4) For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Paul explained that believers have an eternal house in heaven awaiting them, and that whether at home in the body or absent from it, they labor to be accepted of the Lord since all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ. He described believers as new creatures in Christ and as ambassadors entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation, pleading with others to be reconciled to God.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Peter 1:13Isaiah 25:8I Corinthians 15:53I Corinthians 15:54
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