Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The Dead » Illustrative of » Man's state by nature
For also being in the tent we groan, being loaded: since we wish not to be unclothed, but to be clothed, that the mortal should be swallowed up of life.
And ye being dead in faults and in sins;
And we being dead in faults, he made alive together with Christ, (by grace are ye saved;)
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And saying, Who will give me the wing-feather as a dove? I will fly away and settle down.
For we know that if our earthly house of the tent were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For also in this we groan, longing to have our dwelling from heaven put on: If also being even clothed we shall not be found naked. read more.
For also being in the tent we groan, being loaded: since we wish not to be unclothed, but to be clothed, that the mortal should be swallowed up of life. And he having brought us about to this same, God, he having also given us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore being always confident, and knowing that, being at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, and not by external appearance:) And we are confident, and are contented rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home in the Lord.
For also being in the tent we groan, being loaded: since we wish not to be unclothed, but to be clothed, that the mortal should be swallowed up of life. And he having brought us about to this same, God, he having also given us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore being always confident, and knowing that, being at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, and not by external appearance:) And we are confident, and are contented rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home in the Lord.
Translation » Desired by paul
For also being in the tent we groan, being loaded: since we wish not to be unclothed, but to be clothed, that the mortal should be swallowed up of life.