2Cor 5:4 | NET2full | STEP | For we groan while we are in this tent , since we are weighed down , because we do not want to be unclothed , but clothed , so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life .

‏ 2 Corinthians 5:4

4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ^{▼▼sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.} since we are weighed down, ^{▼▼tn Or “we are burdened.”} because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.