For indeed, we who are in this tent (A)groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be (B)clothed, so that what is (C)mortal will be swallowed up by life. Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who (D)gave us the Spirit as a [a]pledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:5 Or first installment

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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