2 Corinthians 5:2 (GNV)

Passage

For therefore we sighe, desiring to be clothed with our house, which is from heauen.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For therefore we sighe, desiring to be clothed with our house, which is from heauen.

2 Corinthians 5:3 Because that if we be clothed, we shall not be found naked.

2 Corinthians 5:4 For in deede we that are in this tabernacle, sigh and are burdened, because we would not be vnclothed, but would be clothed vpon, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "sighe", "desiring", "clothed", "house", and "heauen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "sighe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "For we knowe that if our earthly..." into verse 3's "Because that if we be clothed we...", so "therefore" and "sighe" 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 "therefore" and "sighe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.