2 Corinthians 5:3-4 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

The hope of the future rife is the great support of our efforts. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Death intervenes between the present state of affliction and the glory of heaven, but death is only the destruction of the body now existing. It is not an end to bodily form and life. This is no speculation of the apostle's; it is an assurance, "for we know " that if this earthly tent be destroyed, it will be followed by an enduring habitation—a mansion, not a tabernacle. In the earthly body he groans, not because it is a body, but because it is flesh and blood suffering under the effects... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:3

If so be that. The verse may be rendered, "If, that is, being clothed, we shall not be found naked." The word "naked" must then mean "bodiless," and the reference will be to those whom, at his coming, Christ shall find clothed in these mortal bodies, and not separated from them, i.e. quick and not dead ( 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ; 1 Corinthians 15:51 ). This seems to be the simplest and most natural of the multitude of strange interpretations with which the pages of commentators are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:4

For we that are, etc.; literally, for indeed we who are in the tent; i.e. in the transitory mortal body. Do groan. "Oh wretched man that I am I who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" ( Romans 7:24 ). Being burdened. "The corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things" (Wis. 9:15). Not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon; more literally, since we do not wish to strip off ( our bodily... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:3

If so be that being clothed - This passage has been interpreted in a great many different ways. The view of Locke is given above. Rosenmuller renders it, “For in the other life we shall not be wholly destitute of a body, but we shall have a body.” Tyndale renders it, “If it happen that we be found clothed, and not naked.” Doddridge supposes it to mean, “since being so clothed upon, we shall not be found naked, and exposed to any evil and inconvenience, how entirely soever we may be stripped of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:4

For we - We who are Christians. All Christians.That are in this tabernacle - This frail and dying body; note, 2 Corinthians 5:1.Do groan - see 2 Corinthians 5:2. This is a further explanation of what is said in 2 Corinthians 5:2. It implies an ardent and earnest desire to leave a world of toil and pain, and to enter into a world of rest and glory.Being burdened - Being borne down by the toils, and trials, and calamities of this life; see the note, 2 Corinthians 3:7-10.Not for that we would be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 5:1-4

2 Corinthians 5:1-4. For we know We pursue, not seen, but unseen things, and do not faint in our work, because we know that if our earthly house Which is only a tabernacle or tent, a mere temporary habitation; were dissolved Were mouldered back to the dust out of which it was formed; or if our zeal in the service of the gospel should expose us to martyrdom, which should destroy it before its time; we have And should immediately enjoy; a building of God A building of which he is the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Confidence and courage (5:1-10)Christians receive further encouragement amid daily trials through the knowledge that the present body is only temporary. It is like a tent in which a person lives for a short time, whereas what God has prepared for the future life is a permanent home (5:1). Another illustration likens the present body to clothes that cover a person. Again this is only temporary. One day all that is earthly and temporary will be replaced by that which is spiritual and eternal... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:3

If . App-118 :2, a. being clothed . Greek. enduo , Compare 1 Corinthians 15:53 , 1 Corinthians 15:54 . Compare Job 10:11 (Septuagint) not. App-105 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 5:1-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 5:3

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