2 Corinthians 5:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

2 Corinthians 5:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. …
2 Corinthians 5:3-4
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. …
Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Romans 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Topics

Body Creation Dead (people)Death Dying God Immortality Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

The apostle in these verses pursues the argument of the former chapter, concerning the grounds of their courage and patience under afflictions. And, I. He mentions their expectation, and desire, and assurance, of eternal happiness after death, 2 Cor. 5:1-5. Observe particularly, 1. The believer’s expectation of eternal happiness after death, 2 Cor. 5:1. He does not only know, or is well assured by…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. For in this--Greek, “For also in this”; “herein” (2Co 8:10). Alford takes it, “in this” tabernacle. 2Co 5:4, which seems parallel, favors this. But the parallelism is sufficiently exact by making “in this we groan” refer generally to what was just said (2Co 5:1), namely, that we cannot obtain our “house in the heavens” except our “earthly tabernacle” be first dissolved by death. we groan--(Ro 8…