2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Our Future after Death

5 For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling^[a](A) is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling^[b] in the heavens,^(B) not made with hands.^{(C) 2} Indeed, we groan in this body, desiring^(D) to put on our dwelling from heaven, ³ since, when we are clothed,^[c] we will not be found naked.^{(E) 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^(F) 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.