2 Corinthians 5:3 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

2 Corinthians 5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2 Corinthians 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.

2 Corinthians 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "clothed", "shall", "found", and "naked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "clothed" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "For in this we groan earnestly desiring..." into verse 4's "For we that are in this tabernacle...", so "clothed" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "clothed" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.