⁴For we that are in ^bthis tabernacle ^ddo groan, being burdened: not ^ffor that ^gwe would be unclothed, ^gbut ^hclothed upon, that mortality might be ^hswallowed up of life.

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Footnotes

bver. 4. Wisd. 9:15. So 2 Pet. 1:13, 14.
dver. 4. Rom. 8:23.
gComp. 2 Esdr. 2:45.
gComp. 2 Esdr. 2:45.
hSo 1 Cor. 15:53, 54.
hSo 1 Cor. 15:53, 54.

Cross references

f Rom. 5:12.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 may be swallowed up by life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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 may be swallowed up by life.

NLTNew Living Translation

While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened for this reason, that we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.