For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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Gill's Exposition
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan,.... There are some of the saints who are not in the tabernacle, the body. They were in it, but now are not; their bodies are in the grave, the house…
Barnes' Notes
For we - We who are Christians. All Christians. That are in this tabernacle - This frail and dying body; note, 2Co 5:1. Do groan - see 2Co 5:2. This is a further explanation of what is said in 2Co…
Adam Clarke
For we that are in this tabernacle - We who are in this state of trial and difficulty do groan, being burdened; as if he had said: The whole of human life is a state of suffering, and especially our…
The apostle in these verses pursues the argument of the former chapter, concerning the grounds of their courage and patience under afflictions. And,
I. He mentions their expectation, and desire, and…
Cambridge Bible
in this tabernacle Literally, in the tabernacle, i.e. the -tenement," of which we have already spoken (2Co 5:5).
do groan, being burdened "Not because we desire to be delivered from the body, for of…
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