2 Corinthians 4:16-5:5
New American Standard Bible
16 Therefore we (A)do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our (B)inner person is (C)being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, (D)light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we (E)look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The Temporal and Eternal
5 For we know that if our [a](F)earthly (G)tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house (H)not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed, in this tent we (I)groan, longing to be (J)clothed with our [b]dwelling from heaven, 3 since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. 4 For indeed, we who are in this tent (K)groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be (L)clothed, so that what is (M)mortal will be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who (N)gave us the Spirit as a [c]pledge.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 Lit earthly house of the tent
- 2 Corinthians 5:2 I.e., the resurrected body
- 2 Corinthians 5:5 Or first installment
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