2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 5:3–4

³because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ⁴For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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2 Corinthians 5:3

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
because	εἴ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
when we are clothed	ἐνδυσάμενοι	endysamenoi	Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1746 I put on, clothe
we will not be found	εὑρεθησόμεθα	heurethēsometha	Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural	G2147 I find
naked	γυμνοὶ	gymnoi	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1131 wearing only the under-garment, bare

2 Corinthians 5:4

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
we are	ὄντες	ontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1510 I am, exist
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
tent	σκήνει	skēnei	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G4636 a tent
we groan	στενάζομεν	stenazomen	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural	G4727 I groan
under our burdens	βαρούμενοι	baroumenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G916 I weight, load, burden
because	ἐφ’	eph’	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
we do not wish	θέλομεν	thelomen	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural	G2309 I will, wish, desire
to be unclothed	ἐκδύσασθαι	ekdysasthai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle	G1562 I put off, take off, strip off
but	ἀλλ’	all’	Conjunction	G235 but, except
clothed	ἐπενδύσασθαι	ependysasthai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle	G1902 I put on over
so that	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
mortality	θνητὸν	thnēton	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2349 mortal
may be swallowed up	καταποθῇ	katapothē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2666 I swallow, devour, destroy
by	ὑπὸ	hypo	Preposition	G5259 by, under, about
life	ζωῆς	zōēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G2222 life

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2 Corinthians 5:3 Genesis 3:7–11 · Revelation 16:15

2 Corinthians 5:4 1 Corinthians 15:53–54 · 2 Corinthians 5:2 · Isaiah 25:8 · 2 Peter 1:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.