⁵³ For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

² For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly dwelling, ³ for surely when we have been clothed in it^[a] we will not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burden because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.^(A)

² Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he^[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.^(A)

⁷ to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

²⁴ and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.^(A)

¹² the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off^[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;^{(A) 13} let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.^{(B) 14} Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.^(C)

²⁷ As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.^(A)