2 Corinthians 5:2 - Exposition

In this we groan. Since we have the firstfruits of the Spirit, who assures us of that future building from God, we, in this earthly tent, "groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body" ( Romans 8:23 ). To be clothed upon; rather, to further clothe ourselves with . Here the metaphors of a tent and a garment—the "wandering tent" and the "mortal vesture of decay"—are interfused in a manner on which only the greatest writers can venture The corruptible yearns to clothe itself with the incorruptible, the mortal with immortality ( 1 Corinthians 15:53 ). The glorified body is compared to an over garment, House ; rather, habitation ( oiketerion ).