Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan,(C) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(D) because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan(E) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(F) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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渴望天上的居所

我们知道,如果我们在地上的帐棚拆毁了,我们必得着从 神而来的居所。那不是人手所造的,而是天上永存的房屋。 我们现今在这帐棚里面叹息,渴望迁到那天上的住处,好象换上新的衣服; 如果穿上了,就不会赤身出现了。 我们这些在帐棚里面的人,劳苦叹息,是由于不愿意脱去这个,却愿意穿上那个,使这必死的被生命吞灭。

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