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2Cr 5:4 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

we that		2Pe 1:13
do		See on 2Cr 5:2.
but		2Cr 5:3.
that mortality		Isa 25:8; 1Cr 15:53,54

Correlating Passages

we that

2Pe 1:13

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;

2Cr 5:2

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

but

2Cr 5:3

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

that mortality

	Isa 25:8	He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].
	1Cr 15:53	For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
	1Cr 15:54	So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Corinthians 5:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Cr/5/4.html>.

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