Our Heavenly Dwelling
1 For we know that if 2 Pet. 1:13,14the tent that is See ch. 4:7our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, Mark 14:58a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent Rom. 8:23we groan, longing to [1 Cor. 15:53,54]put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on5:3 Some manuscripts putting it off we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal 1 Cor. 15:54may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, [Rom. 8:23]; See ch. 1:22who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.5:5 Or down payment