Font Size
2 Corinthians 5:4-6
New English Translation
2 Corinthians 5:4-6
New English Translation
4 For we groan while we are in this tent,[a] since we are weighed down,[b] because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose[c] is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.[d] 6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth[e] we are absent from the Lord—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 tn Or “we are burdened.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:5 tn Grk “for this very thing.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:5 tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).
- 2 Corinthians 5:6 tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).
2 Corinthians 5:4-6
New International Version
2 Corinthians 5:4-6
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)
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.