| NETBible | For we groan while we are in this tent, 1 since we are weighed down, 2 because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
| NASB © |
For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. |
| HCSB | Indeed, we who are in this tent groan, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life. |
| LEB | For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened _for this reason, that_ we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
| NIV © |
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
| ESV | 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 may be swallowed up by life. |
| NRSV © |
For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
| REB | We groan indeed, we who are enclosed within this earthly frame; we are oppressed because we do not want to have the old body stripped off. What we want is to be covered by the new body put on over it, so that our mortality may be absorbed into life immortal. |
| NKJV © |
For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. |
| KJV | 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. |
| KJV | For <2532> <1063> we that are <5607> (5752) in <1722> [this] tabernacle <4636> do groan <4727> (5719)_, being burdened <916> (5746)_: not <3756> for that <1894> we would <2309> (5719) be unclothed <1562> (5670)_, but <235> clothed upon <1902> (5670)_, that <2443> mortality <2349> might be swallowed up <2666> (5686) of <5259> life <2222>_. |
| NASB © |
For indeed <2532> while we are in this <3588> tent <4636> , we groan <4727> , being burdened <916> , because <1909> <3739> we do not want <2309> to be unclothed <1562> but to be clothed <1902> , so <2443> that what <2349> is mortal <2349> will be swallowed <2666> up by life .<2222> |
| NET [draft] ITL | For <1063> we groan <4727> while <1510> we are <1510> in <1722> this tent <4636> , since we are weighed down <916> , because we do <2309> not <3756> want <2309> to be unclothed <1562> , but <235> clothed <1902> , so that <2443> what is mortal <2349> may be swallowed up <2666> by <5259> life .<2222> |
| NETBible | For we groan while we are in this tent, 1 since we are weighed down, 2 because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
| NET Notes |
1 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in. 2 tn Or “we are burdened.” |