For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal (A)may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, (B)who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.[a]

So we are always of good courage. We know that (C)while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for (D)we walk by faith, not (E)by sight.

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