2 Corinthians 5:1-6 NLT,NIV,ESV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:3

3. If so be, &c.—Our "desire" holds good, should the Lord's coming find us alive. Translate, "If so be that having ourselves clothed (with our natural body, compare 2 Corinthians 5:4) we shall not be found naked (stripped of our present body)." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:4

4. For—resuming :-. being burdened: not for that—rather, "in that we desire not to have ourselves unclothed (of our present body), but clothed upon (with our heavenly body). that mortality, c.—rather, "that what is mortal (our mortal part) may be swallowed up of (absorbed and transformed into) life." Believers shrink from, not the consequences, but the mere act of dying especially as believing in the possibility of their being found alive at the Lord's coming ( :-), and so of having their... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:5

5. wrought us—framed us by redemption, justification, and sanctification. for the selfsame thing—"unto" it; namely, unto what is mortal of us being swallowed up in life ( :-). who also—The oldest manuscripts omit "also." earnest of the Spirit—(See on 2 Corinthians 1:22). It is the Spirit (as "the first-fruits") who creates in us the groaning desire for our coming deliverance and glory (2 Corinthians 1:22- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:6

6. Translate as Greek, "Being therefore always confident and knowing," c. He had intended to have made the verb to this nominative, "we are willing" (rather, "well content"), but digressing on the word "confident" (2 Corinthians 5:6 2 Corinthians 5:7), he resumes the word in a different form, namely, as an assertion: "We are confident and well content." "Being confident . . . we are confident" may be the Hebraic idiom of emphasis; as 2 Corinthians 5:7- :, Greek, "Having seen, I have seen," that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:1

"For" (NASB) or "Now" (NIV, Gr. gar) continues the contrast between things presently seen and things not yet seen (2 Corinthians 4:18). Here Paul contrasted our present and future bodies."The ’clothed upon’ and ’swallowed up by life’ imagery (2 Corinthians 5:2-4), when read alongside 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, leaves little doubt that this ’house’ is the individual’s resurrection body." [Note: Barnett, pp. 257-58. Cf. Keener, p. 179.] As a tentmaker, Paul compared the human body to a tent. Jesus... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

The contrast between our present and our future dwellings 5:1-10Paul continued to give reasons why we need not lose heart. The themes of life in the midst of death and glory following as a result of present suffering also continue."Few chapter divisions are more unfortunate than this one since what follows (2 Corinthians 5:1-10) details the thought expressed in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Failure to appreciate this fact unduly complicates these already difficult verses by removing their contextual... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:2-3

Paul changed his figure slightly. God will clothe us with a new and better garment. Until then we groan because we feel the pains associated with mortality, namely, our physical limitations, sickness, and the increasing disability that accompanies advancing age. This new covering apparently awaits us immediately after death and before our resurrection. It is therefore probably an intermediate body.Even though there is no specific instruction concerning an intermediate body and its... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:4

This verse expands 2 Corinthians 5:2. The Christian does not groan in his or her present body because he or she wants to get rid of it. At least that was not what Paul meant here. We groan because we long to receive the immortal bodies that God will give us. God’s promises of something better make us dissatisfied with what we have now. We long for the time when immortal life will in a sense consume what is mortal and dies. This is another paradox. Paul was confident that if death would destroy... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:5

The hope of an immortal body is not just wishful thinking. We already have the down payment of our inheritance in the Holy Spirit. In modern Greek the word translated "pledge" (NASB) or "deposit" (NIV) here, arrhabona, elsewhere describes an engagement ring (cf. 2 Corinthians 1:22). Our present possession of the Holy Spirit is God’s guarantee that He will provide all that we need in the future.The Spirit may not seem like a very convincing guarantee since we cannot see Him. However, we can see... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 bear the same relation to each other as do 2 Corinthians 5:2-4. 2 Corinthians 5:2 and 2 Corinthians 5:6 make a statement. 2 Corinthians 5:3 and 2 Corinthians 5:7 are parenthetical, and 2 Corinthians 5:4; 2 Corinthians 5 :2 Corinthians 5:8 expand 2 Corinthians 5:2 and 2 Corinthians 5:6 respectively.Statement2 Corinthians 5:22 Corinthians 5:6Parenthesis2 Corinthians 5:32 Corinthians 5:7Explanation2 Corinthians 5:42 Corinthians 5:8Since we have the promise that we will obtain a... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 5:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:2-3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

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