2 Corinthians 5:2 (DRB)

Passage

For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:3 Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked.

2 Corinthians 5:4 For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burthened; because we would not be unclothed, but clothed upon, that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "groan", "desiring", "clothed", "upon", "habitation", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "groan" and "desiring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "For we know if our earthly house..." into verse 3's "Yet so that we be found clothed...", so "groan" and "desiring" 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 "groan" and "desiring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.