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2 Corinthians 5:4-5
New American Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 5:4-5
New American Standard Bible
4 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. 5 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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2 Corinthians 5:4-5
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:4-5
New International Version
4 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. 5 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)
2 Corinthians 5:4-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 5:4-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality(A) may be swallowed up by life. 5 And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
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2 Corinthians 5:4-5
Contemporary English Version
2 Corinthians 5:4-5
Contemporary English Version
4 These tents we now live in are like a heavy burden, and we groan. But we don't do this just because we want to leave these bodies that will die. It is because we want to change them for bodies that will never die. 5 God is the one who makes all this possible. He has given us his Spirit to make us certain he will do it.
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