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2 Corinthians 5:1-3
Lexham English Bible
2 Corinthians 5:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Absent from the Body and at Home with the Lord
5 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed, in this house we groan, because we[a] desire to put on our dwelling from heaven, 3 if indeed, even after we[b] have taken it off,[c] we will not be found naked.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:2 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“desire”) which is understood as causal
- 2 Corinthians 5:3 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have taken off”) which is understood as temporal
- 2 Corinthians 5:3 A number of important early manuscripts read “have put it on” here
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