Study it in the app“For indeed we who are in the tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to put on the other over it, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.”
For indeedκαὶ γὰρwe who areοἱ ὄντεςinἐνthe tentτῷ σκήνειgroan,στενάζομενbeing burdened,βαρούμενοιbecauseἐφ’ ᾧwe do notοὐwantθέλομενto be unclothedἐκδύσασθαιbutἀλλ’to put on the other over it,ἐπενδύσασθαιso thatἵναwhat is mortalτὸ θνητὸνmay be swallowed upκαταποθῇbyὑπὸlife.τῆς ζωῆς
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ontes” appearstent
Tent; used as an image of the present body, which does not last.
Where else “skēnei” appearsgroan, sigh
Groan, sigh; complain.
Where else “stenazomen” appearsbe heavy, weigh down
Weigh down, burden; in the passive, be heavy, be weighed down.
Where else “baroumenoi” appearswant
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelomen” appearsstrip
Take off clothing, strip.
Where else “ekdysasthai” appearsput on over
Put on clothing over other clothing; be clothed over.
Where else “ependysasthai” appearsmortal
Mortal: subject to death.
Where else “thnēton” appearsswallow, devour
Swallow, gulp down, devour; swallow up.
Where else “katapothēi” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears3if indeed, having put it on, we will not be found naked.
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5And the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the down payment of the Spirit.
