Passage
For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
2 Corinthians 5:2 (ASV)
Nearby Context
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:2 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation 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 indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "verily", "groan", "longing", "clothed", "upon", "habitation", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "verily" and "groan", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "For we know that if the earthly..." into verse 3's "if so be that being clothed we...", so "verily" and "groan" 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 "verily" and "groan" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.