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For most assuredly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
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A Hopeful Groan
Commentators explain that the "groaning" Paul describes is not despair. It's a deep longing caused by the pains, limitations, and sinfulness of our current earthly bodies. This groan is Spirit-inspired () and hopeful, like a birth pang, because it's directed toward the perfect, eternal body God has prepared for believers in heaven.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For in this. In this tent, tabernacle, or dwelling. In our body here.
We groan. See Barnes on Romans 8:22.
The sens…
To be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven (το οικητηριον ημων το εξ ουρανου επενδυσασθα). First aorist middle in…
19th Century
Anglican
For in this we groan.—The “groaning” here, and in 2 Corinthians 5:4, may, of course, be a strong way of expre…
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Baptist
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in th…
These verses belong together, since v.4 expands v.2, while v.3 is parenthetical. One reason for Paul’s assurance of his future acquisition of a res…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For in this we groan earnestly Meaning either for this happiness we groan, or rather in this tabernacle we groan. Th…
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The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this one ends, but he has good hope, through grace, of …
13th Century
Catholic
After commending the ministry of the New Testament for its dignity and use, the Apostle now commends it for its reward. Although he had already sai…
