Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring(A) to put on our heavenly dwelling, since, when we are clothed,[a] we will not be found naked.(B) 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(C) may be swallowed up by life.

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  1. 5:3 Other mss read when we have taken it off

Meanwhile we groan,(A) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B) because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan(C) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(D) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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